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LANE GENEALOGIES.
VOLUME III.
ENGLISH FAMILY,
RiCKMANSWORTH, HERTFORDSHIRE, I 542- 1 758.
JOB LANE, JAMES LANE,
Malden, Mass., 1649. Casco Bay, Maine, 1650.
EDWARD LANE,
Boston, Mass., 1657.
COMPILED BY JAMES HILL FITTS.
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Copyright, 1901, 1902,
By MARY C. FITTS,
NEWFIELDS, N. H.
JAMES HILL FITTS.
THIS Volume III of Lane Genealogies contains the last work
of Rev. J. H. Fitts. The body of the book was complete
and in the hands of the printer. Mr. Fitts, on finishing the copy
of an index, laid down his pen to go to the post office for his mail.
Returning, a near neighbor setting some rare hedge plants, asked
him to cross the street and see them. He handed the label with
the name of the plants to Mr. Fitts, who read it aloud, returned it
and at once fell forward lifeless, his face in the soft earth, Novem-
ember 22, 1900. The cause of his death was heart disease, of
which he had had some premonitions, but with no thought of such
a termination.
The Preface, toward which Mr. Fitts left notes, has been pre-
pared by Alfred Church Lane, A. M., Ph. D., F. G. S. A., of Lans-
ing, Michigan. The Annals, etc., have been arranged and completed
by his brother, Lucius Page Lane, S. B., A. ^L, of Boston, who has
also completed the indexes, by the aid of Miss Ellen \V. Lane, and
her sister, Elizabeth Nickerson (Lane) Church, of Maiden, Mass.
It remains for an old friend to add a notice of Mr. Fitts, especi-
ally in relation to his genealogical work, as a fuller general mem-
orial of him is in preparation.
Rev. James Hill Fitts was born in Candia, N. H., March 3,
1829, of John, the 7th generation from Robert Fitts, 1640, and
Abigail Lane, the 6th, from William Lane, of Boston, 1648.* He
attended Pembroke Academy and Merrimack Normal Institute, N.
H., and graduated at Bangor Theological Seminary, Me., 1858, and
was a member of Andover Theological Seminary, 1870-71. He
preached at Boxboro, Mass. ; was ordained at Candia, N. H.,
November 2, 1859; installed at West Boylston, Mass., September
3, 1S62 ; Topsfield, Mass., June 22, 1871 ; acting pastor at South
Newmarket, now Newfields, N. H., April 18, 1880, till his death.
♦See Gen. Fills family, p. 23, and Lane Gen., Vol. I, p. 175.
iv Lane Genealogies.
January i, 1862, he married ^lary C, daughter of C. M. and
Dolly (Pillsbury) French, who survives him. Before study at Ban-
gor he taught in schools and academy in Maine and Massachusetts,
served two terms of three months each on the Christian Commis-
sion in the civil war, and was on school boards wherever he was
pastor. As one of the School Board, Mr. Fitts wrote the annual
reports, and the esteem felt for him was manifested by the attend-
ance on his funeral at his church in Newfields, of the schools as a
body, and their provision for his picture to be placed in the school
building. In 1895 Mr. Fitts represented the town in the state
legislature, and was influential in changing its name from South
Newmarket to Newfields, the early designation of the southerly
portion of the town of Newmarket a century or more before its
division. This change was influenced by a legacy of $10,000 from
Hon. John M. Brodhead, son of Rev. John Brodhead, to the town
for a library on condition of such change. Mr. Fitts was a trustee
of this fund. He was a member of the New England Historic-
Genealogical and the New Hampshire Historical Societies, and of
several missionary societies, and for thirteen years was scribe of the
Piscataqua Association of Congregational and Presbyterian ministers.
A writer of various historical and commemorative discourses, and
an indefatigable investigator and successful collector of the facts of
local history, perhaps no one man ever knew so much of the local
history of south-eastern New Hampshire and contiguous parts of
Massachusetts and Maine as did Mr. Fitts. It is hoped that the
mass of manuscript information he left may be given to the public
or preserved for future use. In the course of his researches he
took genealogical notes of the Hilton, Wiggin and other historical
families of south-eastern New Hampshire, which are esteemed of
great value by some of their descendants and kindred.
His first formal work in this line he published in 1869, the
"Genealog}' of the Fitts or Fitz Family in America," 91 pages.
His later and larger efforts have been for the Lane families of his
mother's name. He aided Rev. Jacob Chapman materially in the
preparation of Vol I, and Mr. Chapman did what he could to aid
and encourage Mr. Fitts in compiling the succeeding volumes of
Lane Genealogies.
James Hill Fitts. v
These works were doubtless stimulated and their publication en-
couraged by the prevalent popularity of genealogical research, but
the immediate cause of Vol. 1, and so of the rest, was a suggestion
by Mr. Fitts toward organization.
The occasion of that suggestion was in the old church yard at
Stratham, N. H., where are the graves of Dea. Samuel Lane, the
eldest child of Dea. Joshua, of Hampton, and representatives of five
generations of his descendants. When Jabez, the youngest son of
Dea. Samuel, had set the stones at the graves of his parents, he took
his children there and charged them to keep those stones erect as
long as they should live. His son Charles told his son, John William,
of this, who took it as an injunction to do likewise, and was im-
pelled to search for the older graves of the family at Hampton and
perhaps Boston. No clew could be found for the graves of the first
William and wives, probably in Boston. But search in Hampton
among the bushes of the old " graveyard " revealed a foot-stone
inscribed " Dea. Joshua Lane." Proceeding through the bushes
the headstone was found erect, but the headstone of his wife,
Bathsheba, was broken and lying on the ground. Dea. Dow, the
historian of Hampton, was the only one found who could have told
where those graves were. John W. took his father, Charles, when
past eighty, to see for the first time, the graves of his great grand-
parents, and they temporarily reset the head stones, both thrown
flat on the ground, it was said, by cattle running in the yard. The
idea of a more permanent memorial was suggested, but how to
interest descendants was a question. After discouraging efforts and
considerable correspondence, beginning in 1876, Mr. Fitts was
consulted, who wrote, March 16, 1885 : "I think the matter of a
Lane monument has been talked of in a general way about long
enough. Get specifications of monument with inscriptions as a
basis of work. A meeting of the family at Hampton, whether a
dozen or a hundred attend, will give it something of a business
character. You have made an heroic beginning. Go ahead ! "
Further search in the old ground had shown some initial head
stones near Dea. Joshua's grave. The one next north was imbedded
in the grown roots of a pine tree some eighteen inches in diameter,
letters inward. The second stone bore the initials, " W. L." In a
vi Lane Genealogies.
diary of Dea. Joshua, was found for 6th January, 1745, "My
honored and dear mother died," and for 14th February, 1747,
" My honored father died at my house, aged above ninety." It
was thought if on the broken stone in the pine tree should be
found the initials, " S. L.," these graves next his own must be of
the parents of Dea. Joshua : William, son of WilHam, of Boston,
and Sarah (Webster), his wife. A petition to the selectmen of
Hampton resulted in an article in the warrant and a vote of the
town, March 10, 1885, permitting the tree to be taken out and a
monument erected. The tree was dug out ; the fragments of stone
carefully removed and placed together showed the desired ** S. L."
To this, in part, Mr. Fitts referred as " an heroic beginning." The
meeting he suggested was called at the Town Hall, in Hampton,
August 18, 1885. Organization was effected and committees were
chosen as suggested by Mr. Fitts. Plans were made to raise funds
for the monument. Relics of the family were shown, including the
broken initial stone, with its " S. L.," the family tree of Dea. Joshua,
and an original copy of the " Tear of Lamentation," read at Dea.
Joshua's funeral, by his son Jeremiah, once owned by his daughter
Abigail. By the generosity of Dr. J. W. White, of Nashua, N. H.,
it was voted that this address be reprinted and a copy given to
every contributor of ^i or more to the monument fund. The sons
of Rev. Jas. P. Lane did the printing, as they did of the address
of their father, given September i, 1886, when Gov. Frederick
Smyth was present, by whose generosity this address was also given
to contributors of $1 or more to the monument fund. Thus dona-
tions came from Maine to Georgia and California, and one each
from England and the Sandwich Islands.
George W. Lane, of Salem, was treasurer of this fund, and
reported $479 received, and $60.22 allowed by him as interest
while collecting — in all, $539.22. The monument of Quincy gran-
ite cost $397.52 ; plan, lettering, labor, posts, markers and found-
ation, cost $101.70, leaving $40 unexpended. It was not ready
for dedication, as expected, at the 250th anniversary of Hampton,
to which the Lane meeting came on the invitation of the town.
It was hoped there would be $100 for the town of Hampton,
whose annual interest should pay for the care of the lot, but it was
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voted to apply this surplus toward completing and printing the
Lane Genealog}', begun by Dea. E. J. Lane, of Dover, N. H., in
1839, and continued by Rev. James P. Lane, till his death January
6, 1889. At the fifth annual meeting for the dedication of the
monument, August 14, 1889, Mr. Fitts made the principal address.
He was chosen with George W. Lane, of Salem, Mass., Dr. E. B.
Lane, of Boston, and Rev. John W. Lane as a committee to see to
the completion and printing of the genealogy, which committee
also became responsible for its cost. Rev. Jacob Chapman, of
Exeter, N. H., undertook the work, as is recorded in his Preface to
Volume L
Rev. Mr. Chapman, Mr. Fitts, J. P. and J. W. Lane deliberated
long in mutual correspondence on the simplest, most comprehen-
sive and best form for inscriptions on the monument, especially the
general one on the south end. All agreed on this, toward which J.
P. Lane had the last word :
To the Memory of
, A W o r t h y A n c e s t r y
By Descendants
And Kindred
1888
The Town of Hampton
By Vote
Consenting
March 10, 1885.
The inscription on the north end gives all the known dates of the
first William, viz. :
William Lane
In Boston 1650
Made Freeman, May 6, 1657
His wife Mar^'
Died May 22, 1656
3 children
His wife Mary Brewer
Mar. Aug. 21, 1656
4 children,
viii Lane Genealogies.
On the east side on the right and over their graves is the inscrip-
tion to William Lane, of Hampton, and wife, and on the left the
inscription to Dea. Joshua Lane and wife.
Dea. Joshua Lane William Lane
June 6, 1696 Oct. i, 1659
was killed by lightning Came to Hampton, 1685
June 14, 1766 Feb. 14, 1749
His wife His wife
Bathsheba Robie Sarah Webster
Aug. 2, 1696 Jan. 22, 1660
Apr. 13, 1765 Jan. 5, 1745
16 children. 7 children.
On the west side are the names, year dates and places of resi-
dence of the sixteen children. The picture shows the east side
and south end.
My first acquaintance with Mr. PMtts was as a fellow student at
Merrimack Normal Institute, N. H., in 1850, when neither of us
knew that we were of the seventh generation from William Lane,
of Boston, 1648. This friendship matured on Mr. Fitts' coming,
in part by my influence, to my native Newfields, since which we
have been in frequent correspondence. It has been a source of
satisfaction to aid and encourage Mr. Fitts in his unselfish efforts to
introduce our relatives and kindred to each other, but for all I
could do I have felt in debt to him, I miss him as a brother be-
loved. In my gratitude for his life, many whose records are in
these volumes will share.
And when we think of the Christian integrity he so fondly traced
in our progenitors, I am confident we shall agree that he might
have used the language of the Hampton monument and dedi-
cated this book
To THE Memory of a Worthy Ancestry.
John Wm. Lane.
Hadley, Mass., July 24, 1901.
PREFACE.
THE first two volumes of Lane genealogies brought together
accounts of the descendants of nine of the name who
reached the New World in colonial times. As Rev. James Pills-
bury Lane has remarked, there were over a dozen of them, and it has
seemed wise to close this, the third, volume with Rev. Mr. Fitts'
account of three more, who were of the same English stock, leav-
ing to some other hands the task of building into further volumes
the mass of notes which Mr. Fitts had accumulated regarding other
Lanes ; in particular, the families of Sampson Lane, of Portsmouth,
N. H., 1646, and his kinsman, Ambrose; James Lane, of Bos-
ton, 1662; Nehemiah Lane of Lunenburg, Mass., 1728; John
Layne, of Lee, N. H., 1760; Alexander Lane, of Fishkill-on-the-
Hudson, N. Y., about 1700 ; NLitthias Lane, of Bedminster, N. J.,
1721 ; F^benezer Lane, of Western Virginia, 1770; Amos Lane, of
Lawrenceburgh, Indiana, 1808, father of Gen. James Henry Lane,
of Kansas ; James Asa Lane (of Ohio?), i 781 ; and the Lane family
of Bristol, Maine, 1836; and that of colonial Virginia and North
Carolina, connected according to tradition with Sir Ralph Lane,
Knight, Governor of Virginia, 1585, including Elliot T. Lane, of
Mercersburg, father of Miss Harriet Lane, of the White House ;
James Hardage Lane, grandfather of Gov. Henry Smith Lane, of
Indiana, and Joseph Lane, of Halifax, N. C, 1727, father of Col.
Joel Lane, the pioneer, and grandfather of Gen. Joseph Lane,
Governor of Oregon ; as well as additional material relative to
families included in Volumes 1 and II ; that is, those of William
Lane, of Boston, Mass., 1648; William Lane, of Dorchester, Mass.,
1635; Robert Lane, of Stratford, Conn., 1660; and Cornelius
Lane, of Middletown, Conn., 1744, Somerset county, N. J., 175-,
and Albany, N. Y.
It is far from safe, in the case of so common a name, to assume
that all Lanes are of the same family, or that because one Lane,
X Lane Genealogies.
whose name was inscribed on the roll of Battell Abbey, came over
with William the Conqueror, any of the American Lanes wind their
way back in continuance to that one, still represented among the
gentry of England. It is quite possible, however, that if the name
Lane sometimes was a local designation, applied to a man who
lived in a lane, e. g. : John at the lane, the existence of the name
as a surname already may have aided in the assumption of the
shorter form. It is quite likely also that in some cases the Gaelic
Maclean has been shortened to Lean. One case of this has fallen
under my own observation. The change of spelling from Lean to
Lane would then be an easy matter, especially in times when as
Mr. Fitts remarks, " in early records the name is variously spelled
Lane, Laine, Layne, Lean, and the name with the prefix Mac or
Mc has the same variety of form." Rev. James P. Lane mentions
the possible derivation of name from the French laine, the word
for wool, and suggests that French Huguenots, wool growers or
workers, may have assumed the name. The name of Reyner, Job
Lane's father-in-law, is certainly French, and there were Huguenot
settlers in this part of England, so that Rev. Mr. Lane may be
right. But in default of definite documents we have to admit that
kinship among Lanes is a matter of conjecture, and that the path
of the genealogist is appropriately enough strait and narrow. Yet
we have been enabled by wills, with the indispensable help of my
friend, J. W. Evans, LL. B., Sc. D., F. G. S., to locate definitely
the English home of the Lanes included in this volume (owing to
the fact that their family so long retained an interest in property
in England,)* as in Rickmansworth, almost a suburb of London.
It seems therefore fit that they should have a volume to themselves.
Some have questioned the use of these genealogies and the wis-
dom of the taste for them which has of late increased so greatly in
America. But it has never been thought unworthy the dignity of
the historian to trace the genealogies of reigning families, and each
of these family genealogies may be considered as a contribution to
that of the American sovereign. He who reverences the Bible
cannot despise them as useless, for he must own that many of them
are preserved therein. Nor can the evolutionist consistently main-
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Preface. xi
tain that the more recent boughs of the family tree are less worthy
of study than the earlier. Moreover in such books the historian
finds many little incidents which are precious as showing what the
average man was doing and feeling. It was a bright idea of Rev.
Mr. Fitts to cull from his pages such facts and group them together
as Annals, and excepting indexes, etc., this is practically the only
part of the present volume which he had not completed. It has
been prepared from his rough manuscript notes by my brother,
Lucius P. Lane.
References in the text or in his manuscript show that Mr. Fitts
had examined records and histories and other publications relating
to the towns of Bedford, Billerica, Boston, Gloucester, Maiden and
Salem, Mass., Charlestown, N. H., and Woodstock, Maine, and the
Massachusetts counties of Middlesex, Worcester, and Suffolk, as
well as the Massachusetts and General Court records and archives,
Winthrop's Journal, Sewall's Diary, publications of the Society of
Colonial Wars, the genealogical works of Bond, and Farmer and
Moore, and the Avery genealog)'. From Mr. Fitts' notes he had
evidently intended, in addition to previous acknowledgements, to
express his thanks for help in preparing this volume to the late
William H. Whitmore, Esq., whose " Lane Family Papers " ap-
peared in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register,
to Samuel Richards, Esq., of Maine, who contributed " Notes of
James Lane," in Old Times, October, 1883, and to Miss Charlotte
Augusta Lane, of Gloucester, Mass., Samuel Freeman Lane, Esq.,
of Pennsylvania, Miss Herreshoff, of Rhode Island, and Miss Alice
G. Lane, and Mr. Thos. E. Libby, of Vinalhaven, Maine.
Alfred C. Lane.
Lansing, Mich., July i, 1901.
NOTE.
THE long delay in the publication of this volume is in part due
to the fact that, while we were working over the preliminary
and complementary pages, knowledge was brought to us of the ex-
istence in England of additional wills, which furnish information
of the Lane ancestry of the families included in this volume, going
back three more generations to 1542. Beheving that there is suf-
ficient of interest in them to justify it, I have procured copies,
which will be found in their proper places in the Postscript prefixed
to Part I. For our knowledge of the existence and location of
these wills, all of which were filed in the Archdeacon's Court of St.
Albans, and for any information included in the Postscript not
gleaned from them, we are indebted to the courtesy of Mrs. Mary
W. (Lane) Poor, of Hackensack, N. J., for whom these items were
procured by the researches of a professional genealogist of London,
whom she independently employed.
Both Mrs. Fitts and I have received requests for the insertion of
additional information as to some of the families included in the
volume. Since pages 1-3 91 were all printed, in sufficient number
for the edition, before Mr. Fitts' death, the only way in which such
items could be added would be to put them on separate pages at
one end of the volume, as "Addenda." As this is not a very sat-
isfactory method, and moreover, to set a hmit to the date up to
which additions would be received would be perplexing, it has been
decided not to attempt at all to bring the information to a later
date than that reached at the time of Mr. Fitts' death. In lieu
thereof some blank leaves of writing paper will be bound in at the
end, and upon these may be completed and kept the particular
family record of each possessor of a copy of the volume.
L. P. Lane.
Boston, Mass., July 11, 1902.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Title page, ......... i
Copyright, ......... ii
Sketch of James Hill Fitts, his genealogical work, and the
Hampton Lane monument, by Rev. J. W. Lane, . . iii
Preface, by Alfred C. Lane, ...... ix
Note, by L. P. Lane, ....... xii
Contents, ......... xiii
Illustrations, ......... xiv
Corrections, ......... xv
PEDIGREES.
Part L
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" IV.
and prefixed Postscript. Lane Family
in Rickmansworth, England, and
vicinity, ..... xvi, xx
Job Lane of Maiden and Billerica,
Mass., ...... xvi
James Lane of Casco Bay, Maine, . xvii
Edward Lane of Boston, Mass., . . xix
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387
Annals,
Indexes :
I.
II.
III.
Christian Names of Persons named Lane,
Collateral Surnames other than Lane, .
States and Towns, ....
392
400
417
430
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
Old Home of English Lanes, ....
James Hill Fitts, ......
Hampton Lane monument ....
Head stone at the grave of Job Lane in Maiden, Mass.,
Jonas Lane, .......
House built by Jonas Lane in 1786, .
Jonathan Lane,^ of Bedford, Mass., .
Jonathan Lane house, vignette of IMrs. Lane,
Anthony Lane, ......
House of Anthony Lane, ....
Jonas Henry Lane, M. D., of Boston, Mass.,
Jonathan A. Lane, ......
The wife and sons of Jonathan A. Lane, .
Ruhamah Augusta (Lane) Loomis and her sons,
Samuel Freeman Lane, .....
Jonas Henry Lane, of New York,
James Warren Lane^, .....
Mortimer Bliss Lane, James Warren Lane, Jr., and Arthur
Bliss Lane, . . . . . . . . .162
Head stone at the grave of Capt. Francis Lane, South
Paris, Maine, ........ 235
Ivlary Lane Richards, . . . . . . •237
Dr. Samuel Richards, . . . , . . .289
Ammi R. Lane, ........ 290
Capt. Mark Lane^, . . . . . . . .292
Giddings Lane, ........ 340
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CORRECTIONS.
It is desirable that each person who comes into possession of a
copy of this volume should immediately upon receiving it go
through it with pen and ink, making upon the proper pages the
corrections here mentioned. Reports of further errors discovered
should be sent in the care of The News- Letter Press, Exeter, N. H.
Page 28, line 6, for ^* Dachariah " put " Zachariah.^^
Page 56, at the foot of the page, the words from *' deacon " to ** memorial"
inclusive, should be placed after the name of Eckley, loth child of Timothy
Stearns', instead of after the name of Eckley, 3d child of Obed.
Page 79, at the foot of the page, for *' Bedell Bangs " put *' Biddies Boggs ;^^
for" Wilcox;' put ''John Henry Wilson;'' for '* Hodkins'' put
" Hodgkins:'
Page 99, line 4, for " 1746 " put " 1846."
Page no, entry VII, for "Augusta Joy" put "Augustus Joy;" for
Sarah Skidmore " put " Susan Skidmore."
Page 117, a little below the middle of the page, for "SARAH HAWES
BERRY" put "SARAH HOWES BERRY."
Page 129, line ii from the foot of the page, for " Allin Rufus Reed'' put
'' Albin Rufus Reed."
Page 141, also line 11 from the foot of the page, for " 1843 " put " 1833."
Page 160, family 97, for EDWARD ERI POOR" put " EDW^ARD
ERIE POOR."
Page 171, make a reference by footnote to mention of James Lane^ also in
Part II, pages 9, 12, 18.
Page 237, number 83, for "Annie Ruhamah " put " Ammi Ruhamah."
Page 267, line 7, for " Mehitable Britt " put " Mehitable Brett."
Page 310, line 2, second date, for " 1790 " put " 1791."
Page 362, family 147, make the pedigree of Capt. GEORGE EDWARD
LANE, read as follows: (Gideon^**-*, Joseph^, John'^, James*,) instead of
(Gideon''^, Joseph*'^, John*, James').
PEDIGREES.
PART I AND PREFIXED POSTSCRIPT.
Lane Family in Rickmansworth, England, ant) ViciNiri^,
1542-1758.
Name and Generation, counting back
from the settlement in America.
Robert Lane*
Thomas^
George^
John'
Henry'
Symon'
Jerome'
James'
George'
Page in Postscript, or Family number
in Part I proper.
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xxi
xxiii
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II
IV
VI
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PART II
Job Lane, of Malden and Billeric.a, Mass.
Name and Generation.
Family.
Job Lane'
1
Sarah ■ (Job')
2
Mary'
3
Elizabeth' "
4
Maj. John' "
5
Susanna^ (John')
6
Mary^' "
7
Dea. Job^*
8
John^
9
Capt. James^ *'
10
Job* (Job^)
11
John 2d* "
12
Timothy* "
13
Mary* "
14
Catherine* (John^)
15
John 3d*
16
Samuel 2d* •'
17
James* (James^)
18
Samuel* "
19
Luke* (Job*)
20
Name and Generation. Family.
John* (John 2d*) 21
Col. Francis* •' 22
Lieut. Benjamin* " 23
Ziba* " 24
Jonathan* •« 25
Stephen* (Timothy*) 26
Gershom Flagg* (John 3d*) 27
Tolly* (Samuel 2d*) 29
Oliver Wellington* (James*) 30
Solomon* " 31
David* " 32
Jonas* (Samuel* James^) 33
Ephraim* " " 34
Ebenezer* " " 35
Samuel* " *' 36
Job« (Luke*) 37
Eliab Bridge^ (John*) 38
Capt. Amasa^ " 39
Rnger« " 40
Elias* (Francis*) 4 1
Pedigrees.
xvii
Name and Generation. Family.
Capt. Francis' (Francis^) 42
T- iah« (Benj.^j 43
1- :;iamin* " 44
Ziba« . (Ziba*) 45
Francis Bowman' " 46
John' " 47
Jonathan' (Jonathan*) 48
Josiah Abbot' " 49
George' *' 60
Charles' " ' 51
John Samuel' " 52
John' (Gershom F.») 53
George Washington' " 54
Thomas' " 55
Oliver Wellington' (Solomon*) 56
David' (David*) 67
Anthony* (J«> 58
Jonas Henry" ., .*) 59
(.(.urge' (Ephraim*) 60
Washington Jefferson" (Ebenerer*) 61
David Woodward* (Samuel*)
John Jones' *•
Daniel Josiah' ••
Abner Bridge' (Eliab B.*)
George' ( ! " )
Elias Cool, ^v Elias*)
Allen P'rancis' (Francis*)
Amos Foster' "
Samuel' "
Milton'
Hosea Foster' *'
Daniel Walker' (Benj.*)
Martin B.'
Levi' (Ziba*)
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
' Name and Generation.
John' (John')
Jonathan Abbot' (Jonathan')
Ruhamah Augusta' '*
Stephen Abbot' (Josiah Abbot')
J"hn Samuel' "
Charles Gardner' "
Charles DeWitt' (George' Jona')
Ebenezer Hayward' (John Sam'l')83
Hiram H.' (John', Gershom F.*) 84
Richard' ♦< *•
Mary Evaline' (George \V.')
Samuel Freeman' "
Clcuif-ntine' (Thomas')
.Anne .Maria' '*
Charlotte' *•
W illiam Augustus' (Oliver \V.')
Oliver Josiah' **
Snnmel Leavitt' *•
I :. Blanchard' (David')
Eliza Wail' (Jonas Henry')
j<«!ias Henry' '•
Mary Wellington'( Washington J.''j97
Sarah Adeline' (David Wood-
ward*^ 98
JMhn Henr)'' (David Woodward**} 99
(.rorge Winchester^ (Abner B.') 100
Ircicrick Douglas' (Samuel') 101
Julius Arthur" (John')
J ?in Chapin" (Jonathan A.')
.^:.;nuel Lane Loomis'* (Ruha
mah Augusta')
Richard* (Hiram H.')
Thomas Benton' *'
John Wellington' (Oliver J.')
Family.
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
102
103
104
105
106
107
PART III,
James Lane, of Casco Bay, Maine.
Name and Generation.
Family.
1 Name and Generation.
Family.
James Lane'
1
William* (J
ames^)
13
John^ (James*)
2
Josiah*
((
14
Samuel-
3
David* (Job
in3)
15
Job Sr.-
4
Joseph* (J,
oseph^)
16
Dea. james^ (John'^)
5
Caleb*
((
17
John^'
6
1 Solomon*
((
18
Joseph- "
7
Gideon*
((
19
Beniamin^ **
8
Benjamin*
(Benj. 3)
20
Job^'
9
Jonathan*
((
21
Samuel-' (Samuel^)
10
Hezekiah*
M
22
Joseph^ (Job^)
11
Joseph*
11
23
Job 3d3
12
Ebenezer* (Job^ John')
24
XVlll
Lane Genealogies.
Name and Generation.
Family.
Andrew^ (Job^ John^)
25
Samuel'' (SamueP)
26
Zebulon*
27
Daniel*
28
Issacher'* "
29
Nicholas^ (William*)
30
James° (Josiah*)
31
Josiah^
32
Isaac=
33
Theophilus= '*
34
Levi*
35
Capt. Francis* "
36
Mark*
37
David* (David")
38
Caleb* (Joseph''-^^)
39
Gideon* "
40
Caleb Jr.* (Caleb*)
41
Joseph* "
42
Zacheus* "
43
Solomon* (Solomon*)
44
Nathaniel*
45
Cornelius* "
46
Humphrey* '*
47
William*
48
Gideon 2d* (Gideon*)
49
Martha*
60
John Babson* "
51
Peter* "
52
Benjamin* (Benjamin*)
53
Eliphalet* "
54
Samuel* '*
55
Jonathan* (Jonathan*)
56
Moses* *'
57
Abner* (Hezekiah*)
58
Joseph* (Joseph*, Benj^)
59
Ebenezer* (Ebenezer*)
60
Job*
61
Andrew* (Andrew*)
62
Capt. George* "
63
Stephen* (Samuel*)
64
Daniel* (Daniel*)
65
James* "
66
Giddings*
67
Elias*
68
Peter*
69
Samuel* "
70
Issacher* (Issacher*)
71
Benjamin* "
72
William^ (Nicholas*)
73
John«
74
Josiah* (Josiah')
75
Isaac" (Isaac*)
76
Levi" •'
77
Betsey' (Levi*)
78
Name and Generation. Family.
Abigail^ (Levi*) 79
Polly6
Nancy^ "
Mary^ (Francis*)
Ammi Ruhamah^ "
Mark« (Mark*)
George Washington^ "
John*^ (David*)
David« "
Epes^ " ■
Hon. Samuel^ "
Joseph 3d^ (Caleb* Joseph*)
William Saville'' " "
Theodore** " "
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
Gideon^
(Gideon* Joseph*) 93
Samuel Robinson^ '*
David Saville« (Caleb*-*)
Lazarus^ "
Cyrus^ (Zacheus*)
Nathaniel^ (Nathaniel*)
Wentworth Riggs*"" **
Lewis^ **
William^ (William*)
Albert^ "
Capt. Gideon 2d^ (Gideon*-*)
Oliver Griffin** "
Gustavus Adolphus^ *'
William" (John Babson*)
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
Thomas Bicknell"( Peter* Gideon*)107
Benjamin" (Benj.*-*)
Zenas" '•
Eliphalet" (Eliphalet*)
Frederick" (Jonathan*)
Allen"
John" (Abner*)
Hon. Ebenezer" (Ebenezer*)
Andrew" (Andrew*)
George" (George*)
Stephen" (Stephen*)
Jonathan Denison" "
Joshua" (Daniel*)
John" (James*j
Polly" (Giddings*)
Alpheus" "
Giddings" "
Calvin" "
Alvan" r Elias*)
Eliphalet G." (Peter* Daniel*)
Issacher" <' »*
John" fBenj.* Issacher*)
Joseph" " *•
James A."** "
Timothy" *• "
George^ f John")
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
Pedigrees.
XIX
Name and Generation.
Edmund Cleaves'' (Josiah^)
Seth^
Joseph Hicks' (Levi*)
Family.
133
134
135
Julia Ann (Lewis) Herreshoff'
(Nancy^)
Henry White' (John« David^)
David' (David«)
James Monroe' "
John' "
David' CEpes')
Epes'
James Sawyer'
William'
Augustus'
Sylvanus Cobb'
Capt. George Edwr^rd'
(Gideon*-*-*)
Frederick Foome' (Oliver G.*)
Thomas Randall' (Thomas B.*)
Palfrey' (Benj.")
Jacob'
John Barnard' "
Richard'
Benjamin Jr.' "
Jonathan Sewell' (Eliphalet")
Howard Garland' (George*-^)
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
160
151
152
153
154
155
156
Name and Generation. Family.
Stephen H.' (Stephen*) 157
Edward' (Jonathan D.*) 158
George B.' (John^ Jas.* Daniel*) 159
Cyrus Benson' TGiddings*^
David G.' (Calvin*)
Adoniram Judson' (Issacher*)
Timothy' (John* Benj.*)
Benjamin' (Joseph*)
Hiram Vinal' '*
Rodney' (James*)
William Smith' (Timothy*)
Edwin'
Rev. Benjamin Humphrey'
rEdmund C)
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
Aerial Deblance® (Joseph Hicks') 170
Alvin A.» "
Charles M.^
Henry Lyman' (^Henry W.')
Levi Saunders' '*
David' ( David' -*J
Thomas M." "
Harvey' (James M.')
Osborne W.'
Francis Edward' ^John' David*)
Alexander' /^David' Epes*)
John K.** ^Timothy')
171
173
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
PART IV,
Edward Lane of Boston, Mass.
Name and Generation.
Edward Lane'
Family.
Name and Generation.
Edward' (Edward*)
Family.
2
POSTSCRIPT TO PART I.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AS TO THE
Lane Family in Ricl(mansworth, England,
AND VICINITY.
Compiled by L. P. Lane.
ROBERT LANE or A LANE^* of Rickmansworth, Herts.,
"husbandman," who is described in the Subsidy Roll of 1524 as
"Robert A Lane," and in that of 1525 as "Robert Lane," in his
will, dated 4 July, 1542, proved 11 June, 1543, provides that he is
to be " buryed yn the churche yerd of our blessed lady yn Ric-
mansworthe," and gives to his daughters Annes Page and Margaret
Thorpe each one acre of wheat, one cow, and 10 sheep, and
specified articles of household furniture ; to John Page, son of
WilHam Page, and John Thorpe, son of Edward Thorpe, each one
sheep ; and to Elyne, his son's daughter, one bullock. The resid-
uary legatee and executor was his son Thomas.
In the name ot God Amen In the yere of oure lord God 1542 the iiijtli
daye of Julye I Robt Lane of the pyshe of Ricmansworth, husbandman syke
yn body & hole of memory make my testament and last will yn thys forme and
man followyng fifirst I bequeth my soul unto Almightie God &c & my body
to be buryed yn the churche yerd of our blessed lady yn Ricmansworthe
Item I bequeth to the hye aut of my pyshe churche for tythes for youer iiijd
Item I bequeth to Annes Page my dought one acre of wheate Item I be-
queth to Margaret Thorpe one acre of wheat I bequeth unto Annys &
Margaret either of them x shepe apece Item I bequeth to John Page the
sone of Willm Page one shepe Item I bequeth unto John Thorpe the son of
Edward Thorpe one shepe Item I bequeth to my dought Annes and Mar-
* Throughout the Postscript the index figures indicate the generation counting back from the
settlement in America.
Postscript to Part I. xxi
gatt the Botts [sic] that ar yn the nether pece yn the myld fyld I bequeth to
Annes Page ij pans Item I bequeth nnto Margaret Thorpe a pott Item I be-
queth to Annes and Margaret ether of them ij pewt dysshes Item I bequeth
unto Annes Page one postnett Item I bequeth unto Margett Thorpe one
kettell Item I bequeth to Annes and Margaret ether of them two peyre of
shetts Item I bequeth unto Annes Page one cowe Item I bequeth unto
Marget Thorpe one cowe Item I bequeth unto Elyne my sones dought one
bolloke. The rest of my goods not bequethed my detts payd and my funerall
done I gyue frely unto my sone Thoms whome I make my trewe and Lawful!
executore for to dyspose my goods for the Comfort of my soule and all
chrysten Soules as he shall thynke best and also my louyng neyghbours John
Garden & John Euelyng ou sears of thys my last wyll The wytnes Willm
Hopkyns curat Ric Rosse Wyllm Pearne John Garden John Euelyng with many
other the daye & yere above sayd.
Children of Robert Lane^, in 1542 :
Thomas', m. Alice , and had children. See hereunder.
Annes^, m. William Page, and had: John^, living in 1542.
Did the latter in. Mary , or was there also a daughter
Mary? Thomas Lane, in 1586, bequeathed to Mary Page one-
quarter of wheat.
Margaret^, m. Edward Thorpe, and had : John^, who was liv-
ing in 1542 ; she received a bequest from her brother Thomas in
1587.
THO^L\S LAXE^, of Rickmansworth, yeoman, son of the
above mentioned Robert Lane, made a will dated 9 Dec, 1586,
proved 14 June, 1587, in which he provides that he is to be buried
in the church yard at Rickmansworth, and bequeaths 10 shillings
to the poor of Rickmansworth ; to his son George " the Table in
the hale, and the forme and the settles about the window, and the
horse mill standinge in the Barne with all things belonging to the
said mill; " also "3. great Erase pott wich was my Grandfathers,"
after the decease of the testator's wife; to his son John Lane, 10
sheep ; to his son Richard Lane, certain crops and farm imple-
ments ; to his daughter Joan Wynchfield, a cow and a quarter of
wheat ; to Elizabeth Culverhouse, one bullock and five sheep ; to
xxii Lane Genealogies.
Mary Page, one quarter of wheat ; to James Lane, a house and two
acres of land in Croxley Green, on the condition that the afore-
mentioned George Lane, father of the said James, pays to testa-
tor's daughter Dorothy, ten pounds at marriage, otherwise the said
house and land to go to Dorothy and her heirs ; to his daughter
Dorothy, in addition to the above, jQio at marriage, household fur-
niture and also a certain debt of -Q^ ; to his sister Thorpe two
bushels of wheat and two of rye, and 40s apiece to each of
testator's six children. The residuary legatee and executrix was
his wife Alice.
In the name of god Amen the ninth Daye of December in the yere of our
Lord god 1586 in the nine and twentieth yere of the rainge of our moste
gratious Soueraig Ladie Quene Elizabeth I Thomas Lane of Rickersworth in
the countie of Hertford yeoman beinge sicke of bodie by the visitation of
Almightie god Not w'h standinge hole in mind and in good and perfect mem-
ory Prayse be to god mack ordaine & declare this my laste will & Testa-
ment in Manner & forme followinge That is to saie ffirste I bequeth my soule
to allmightie god my maker & into Jesus Christe my onely redemer & saviour
and my bodie to be buried in the Curche yarde of Rickm shworthe Imprimis
I geve to the poore of Rickmershworth xs Item I give to George Lane my
Sonne the Table in the hale and the forme and the settles about the window
and the horse mill standinge in the Barne with all things belonging to the
said mill also I geve him a great Erase pott wich was my Grandfathers and he
shall not haue it untill after the deth of my wife & that she shall not cary it
out of the house withe her Item I geve unto John Lane my sonne Ten shepe
wherof five to be Ewes & five to be Lambes not of the beste nor of the
worste Item I geve unto Richard Lane the third part of all the Corne nowe
growing uppon the Burie ground payinge the third part of the rent «S: halfe
a quarter of wheate & halfe a quarter of Rie Two quarter of Otts half a
quarter of Barley & half a quater of Pease Ten shepe one cowe one gray
horse and half parte of all carts ploughes Harrowes Horse harnesse & all
other things belonginge to husbandrie and all the implements & shope gere
wiche Richard Lovett hath in occupinge* Item I geve unto Johan Winck-
felde my daughter one cowe and one quarter of wheate to be deliuered to the
said Johan after harvest next cominge Item I geve to Elizabeth Cvlverhouse
one Bullocke of three yere olde and five sheep Item I geve to Mary Page one
quarter wheat after harveste next Item I geve to Jeames Lane one house &
two acres of Land lying in Croxley grene nowe in the occupiinge of Willm
Runwell upon this condition that the foresaide George Lane my sonne the
*It I w>'ll that yf my wyff do marry then my w'yll is that my sonne Richard shalt have the
Other half of my cartes [?] and plowes & horses and Implements of husbandry
Postscript to Part I. xxiii
father of the said Jeames shall paie unto Dorothie Lane my daughter ten
pound of currant money at the Daye of her mariage or within sixe weeks
after being lawfully demanded & if the said George doe refuse to paie the
said Ten pound unto the foresaid Dorothie accordinge to my will then I geve
the house and the Land to the said Dorothie and her heires for ever Item I
geve unto Dorothie Ten pound more at the Dale of her mariage and a ioyned
bedstede with bed wholy as it standeth two paire of shets a Brasse Pott Item
I geve her five pounds more wiche Jhon Gould of Bovingdon dwelling at
[illegible] to be paide within Sixe weecks after my deasease Item I geve to
my sistar Thorpe ij bushells of wheate and ij of Rie whereof one to be paid
presently after my desease and the Rest after harveste* All the rest of my goods
cattails unbequethed detts and legacies paide my funerall discharged I geve
unto Alice my wife whom I macke and constitute my whole executrix & I
macke Charlys Spencer & Thomas Hull my over seers & for there paines iijs
iiijd a peece.
*It I geve unto all my sixe chylldrcn xls apecce to be payd unto them immediately after my
dysses
Children of Thomas Lane^, the last six of whom were living in
1586:
Elvne^, to whom her grandfather, Robert Lane^, in 1542, be-
queathed a bullock.
George^, who had children. See hereunder.
• JOHN-\
Richard^.
Joan-, m. \V\'NCh field.
Elizabeth^, m. Culverhouse.
Dorothy-. Did she m. Thomas Hull, and have among other
children, Judith, who m. Henry Lovett? See the wills of George
Lane, 1627, and John Lane, 1661.
GEORGE LANE^, of Rickmansworth, yeoman, son of the above
mentioned Thomas Lane^, and grandson of Robert^, was the father
of James Lane^, Senior, and the grandfather of Job, James and
Edward, to an account of whose families this volunae is devoted.
The will of George Lane, dated 6 Nov., 1627, and proved 27 Sept.,
1628, bequeaths to his son Henry Lane, ;£io and certain articles
xxiv Lane Genealogies.
of furniture, to his son Symon Lane a life annuity of ^4 towards
the bringing up of his children, upon condition that he shall not
return his children to his kindred, otherwise the legacy to be void.
To his daughter Isabell Lane he gives articles of furniture and
^70, to his sons Jerome and James Lane each ;£^io, to Ed-
ward Lane, son of sa'id James, 40s ; to Anne Hull, daughter of
Thomas Hull, 40s ; to Thomas, Sara, Judith, Mary and Rebecca,
children of Thomas Hull, each one ewe sheep; los to the poor
widows, and to his son John Lane, certain articles of furniture.
The residuary legatees and executors were his sons Thomas and
John.
In the name of god Amen the sixt daie of Nouember 1627 and in the third
yeare of the Raigne of our Souigne Lord Charles by the grace of god of eng-
land Scotland ffrance and Ireland Kinge defender of the ffaith &c I George
Lane of Rickmersworth in the Countie of Hertf yoman being sicke in body,
but of good and pfecte Remembrance thanks be geuen to Allmightie god for
it doo make and Ordaine this my last will and Testament all former wills to be
Revoked in maner & forme {following that is to say, fitirst I bequeth my soule
into the hands of allmightie god my maker, and my body to be buried in
Christian Buriall as becometh. Item I geve & bequeth to my son Henry Lane
the Cubberd in the Buttery one Bed and Bedstead with all the fforniture there
unto belonging wheare in I now do Ly at the making of my will and Testa-
ment, and Ten pounds of Currand english money, to be paid to him within
sixe monthes after my Desess. Item I bequeth to my sonne Symon Lane
fower pownds of Lawfull english money to be paid to him yearly during his
naturall Life, towards the bringing up of his Children upon Condicion that hee
shall not Retorne his Children to his Kindred if he Retorne his Children to his
Kindred then this gift is to be Cleerely voide, Item my sole Executor shall
[doubtful] Symon Lanes ground one year after the dated abovesaid that hee
now houldeth, Item I bequeth to my Daughter Issabell Lane the Bedstead
with all the ffurniture theare unto belonging of the best the bigest brass pott
saving one and the bigest Kettle saving one, and the Cubberd that is now in
the Lofte and the greate Cheste and Threescore & Ten pownds of Lafull eng-
lish money to be paid to her within Three Monthes after my decess. Item I
bequeth to my sonne Jerome Lane Ten pounds of Lawfull english money to
be paid to him within Three monthes after my Decess, Item bequeth to my
sonne James Lane Tenn pownds of Lawfull english money Item I bequeth to
Edward Lane the sonne of the said James Lane ffortie shillings of Lawfull
english money, Item I bequeth to Anne Hull daughter of Thomas Hull fortie
shillings of Lawfull english money, Item I bequeth to Thomas Hull Sarra
Hull Judeth Hull Mary Hull and Rebecca Hull children of Thomas Hull each
Postscript to Part I. xxv
of them one ewe sheep Item I bequeath to the poore widdowes Ten shillings,
Item I geve and bequeth to my son John Lane the Table in the halle with the
Tressels benches forme and settles as it now standing the bigest pott and Ket-
tle that is in the house wherein I now dwell and alsoe the Timber that is now
ffelled Lying about the house wheare in I now dwell und I make my sole
Executores of this my Laste will & Testamente my two sonnes Thomas Lane and
John Lane all the Residue of my goods and Chattels vnbequeathed my debts
being paid and my funerall discharged my will is that my Executores shall
have equally between them and I make my overseers of this my last will and
Testament Roger Eve and William Clarke, and they are to have ijs vjd apeece
for their paines. In witness wheare of I have put my hand and scale the daie
and yeare above said in the psents of us whose names are heare under written.
Abraham Gibb
the /\ marke of the marke of r -»
Roger Eve X \ ^^^^ |
the W marke of ^ ^v— '
William Clarke
Children of George Lane'-, in 1627 :
Thomas', executor of his father's will of 1627, and trustee under
the will of his brother Symon in 1629. Not mentioned in the will
of his brother Jerome in 1646, or that of his brother John in 1661.
John', executor of his father's will of 1627, and trustee under
the will of his brother Symon in 1629. Made his own will in 1661.
See Part I, III, page 2.
Henry'. See Part I, II, page 2.
Symon', m. Alice . By hjs will, dated 19 May, 1629,
proved 15 June, 1629, printed on page xxvi he left ^30 to his son
Thomas, and /^i5 each to his daughters Sarah, Joan and Frances;
the above legacies to be paid to his brothers, Thomas and John
Lane, for the benefit of his said children till of age, until which
time his wife Alice is to have the profits arising therefrom, and the
said sums are to be paid by the executrix to the said trustees at the
house of the said Thomas Lane in Rickmansworth. Residuary
legatee and executrix his wife Alice. Children :
1. Thomas^ m. and had children. See Part I, IV, page 5.
2. Sarah. 3. yoan.
4. Frances. Did she marry Richard Lovett? Will of John Lane, 1661 :
" Item I giue & bequeath vnto my kinswoman ff ranees the now wife of Rich-
ard Lovett Tenn pounds. . . ."
xxvi Lane Genealogies.
Jerome^, m. Martha . See Part I, VI, page 5.
James^, m. Katherine Russell. See also Part I, I, page i.
His grandfather, Thomas Lane, bequeathed to him in 1586, a house
and two acres of land in Croxley Green, upon certain conditions.
In 1 66 1 four sons of James Lane were living:
1. John. See Part I, upper part of page 2.
2. Job. See Part II, page 8.
3. James. See Part III, page 171.
4. Edward. See Part IV, page 387.
Isabella
George^, m. and had children. See Part I, V, page 5.
WILL OF SYMON LANE.
In the name of God Amen the ninteenth daie of May 1629 I Symon Lane
of Rickmsworth in the countie of Hertf yoman being sick in body but of
good and p fitt Remembrance thanks be geven to allmightie god for it doo
make and ordaine this my last will and Testamente, all fformer willes to be
Revoked, in manor and fforme ffollowinge vidy fifirst I bequeth my soule into
the hands of Almightie god my maker And Redeemer, and my body to be
buried in Christian Buriall as becometh. Item I give and bequeth unto my
Sonne Thomas Lane the some of Thirty pownds of Lawfull english money to
be paid unto him when he shall be of the full age of one and Twentie years
Item I give and bequeth unto my daughter Sara Lane the some of fifteine
pownds of Lawfull english money to be paid to her when shee shall be of the
ffull age of one and Twentie yeares, Item I give and bequeth unto my
Daughter Joan Lane the sum of fifteine pownds of Lawfull english money to
be paid Two her when shee shall be of the full age of one and Twentie years
Item I give and bequeth unto my Daughter Francis Lane the some of ffifteine
pownds of Lawfull english money to be paid to her when shee shall be of the
full age of One and Twentie yeares And my will is ffurther that all those
forsaid portiones and somes of money geven and bequethed shall be put out
and delivered unto my Two Brothers Thomas Lane and John Lane, they put-
ting in good Security to my Executors and overseers, whearby my children
may be sure to have there portiones when they shall be of the full age of one
and Twentie yeares as is aforsaid And my will alsoe is that Allice Lane my
Lawfull wife shall have the benefit and profite that shall arise according to the
statue of the portiones geven to my children, tell they shall come to the full
age of One and Twentie yeares for and Towards the bringing up of my chil-
dren afore named And Alice my wife is to deliv these forsaid somes to
Postscript to Part I. xxvii
Thomas Lane and John Lane vidy that is to say the Onehalfe at the ffeaste
dale of All Saints next ensuing after the Date Above said, and the other halfe
at or upon the ffeaste Day of Sainte John the Baptiste which shall be in the
year of our lord god one Thousand sixe hundred and^hirtie at or in the Dwell-
ing house of the said Thomas Lane, in Rickm sworth Aforesaid, And if it shall
happen that any of the said Children, Thomas Lane Sara Lane Joane Lane
and ffrancis lane Do die and depart this life before they shall be of the full
age then my will is that his or her porsion soe departed shall be Equally De-
vided Among the Rest that be living. And if it shall happen that Allice my
wife Doe mary or contract herself to any man before the forsaid somes of
money be payable to be put out to Thomas lane and John Lane if shee doo
not put them in good security for the payments of the said money Then my
will is that my Two Brothers Thomas lane and John lane shall enter upon soe
mutch goods and Chattels as the Childrens portiones shall Amonte unto. And
I make my sole Executrixe of this my last will and Testament Allice my law-
full wife all the Residue of my goods & Chattels unbequethed I give and
bequeth to my said Executrixe my Debts being paid my funerall discharged
And I make my overseers of this my last will and Testament
William Clarke and John White, and I give them ijs vjd apeece
for their panes In witness wheare of I have put to my hand
and scale the daie and year aforsaid
Witnesses to the p sents
Abraham Gibb
Jeremy Lane the marke of r '"^^ "|
John White X i^^^^l
the marke of Sy"^°" ^^"^ ^"'
W
William Clarke
The Place of the Yeoman in English Society
in the Sixteenth Century.
THESE wills show that our ancestors were yeomen. As an ex-
planation of the term as used in the England of that time,
the following quotation from the treatise of Sir Thomas Smith,
15 13-1577, De Republica Anglorum, first published at London in
1583, afterwards re-published under the title: The Common
Wealth of England, is contemporary evidence, clear and conclu-
sive. Sidney Lee's Dictionary of National Biography says of
Smith's w^ork : " It is the most important description of the con-
stitution and government of England written in the Tudor age."
I quote from the edition of 1584, pages 29-32 :
OF YEOMEN.
CHAP. 23.
Those whom we call yeomen next unto the nobilitie, Knights and Squires,
haue the greatest charge and doings in the common wealth, or rather are more
trauailed to serue in it than all the rest: as shall appeare hereafter. I call him
a yeoman whom our Lawes doe call Legalein hoininem, a worde familiar in
writtes and enquestes, which is a freeman borne English, and may dispend of
his owne free lande in yerely reuenue to the summe of xl. s. sterling .
This sort of people confesse themselues to be no gentlemen, but giue the
honour to al which be or take upon them to be gentlemen, and yet they have
a certaine preheminence and more estimation than lal)orers and artificers, and
commonly Hue wealthily, keepe good houses, & do their businesse, & trauaile
to acquire riches: these be (for the most part) fermors unto gentlemen, which
with grasing, frequenting of markettes, and keeping seruaunts not idle as the
gentleman doth, but such as get both their owne liuing and parte of their
maisters: by these meanes do come to such wealth, that they are able and
daily doe buy the landes of unthriftie gentlemen, and after setting their sonnes
to the schoole at the Uniuersities, to the lawe of the Realm, or otherwise
leauing them sufficient landes whereon they may Hue without labour, doe make
Pl.\ce of the Yeom.\n in English Society. xxix
their saide sonnes by these meanes gentlemen. These be not called masters,
for that (as I saide) pertaineth to gentlemen onely : But to their surnames, men
adde goodman ... I meane not in matters of importance or in lawe. But
in matters of Lawe and for distinction, if one were a knight they would write
him (for example sake) Sir lohn Finch Knight, so if he be an Esquier, lohn
Finch, Esquier or Gentleman, if he be no Gentleman, lohn Finch yeoman.
So amongest the husbandmen labourers, lowest and rascall sort of the
people such as be exempted out of the number of the rascabilitie of the popu-
lar be called and written yeomen, as in the degree next unto gentlemen.
These are they which olde Cato calleth Aratores and optimos cives in Re-
piiblica : and such as of whom the writers of common wealths praise to have
manie in it
When they are foorth they fight for their Lordes of whom they hold their
landes, for their wiues and children, for their countrey and nation, for praise
and honour, against they come home , . . These are they which in the
old world gat that honour to Englande, not that either for witte, conduction,
or for power they are or were euer to be compared to the gentlemen, but
because they be so manie in number, so obedient at the Lordes call, so strong
of bodie, so harde to endure paine, so couragious to aduenture with their
Lorde or Captaine going with, or before them, for else they be not hastie nor
neuer were as making no profession of knowledge of warre. These were the
good archers in times past, and the stable troupe of footemen that affraide all
France, that would rather die all, than once abandon the knight or gentleman
their captaine, who at those daies commonly was their Lorde, and whose
tenauntes they were . . . And this they haue amongest them from their
forefathers tolde one to an other. The gentlemen of Fraunce and the yeomen
of England are renowned, because in battle of horsemen Fraunce was many
times too good for us, as we againe alway for them on foote. And Gentlemen
for the most part be men at amies and horsemen, and yeomen commonlie on
foote : howsoeuer it was, yet the gentlemen had alwaies the conduction of the
yeomen . . . and the Kinges of Englande in foughten battles remaining
alwaies among the footemen, as the Frenche Kings among their horsemen.
Eche Prince therby as a man may gesse, did shew where he thought his
strength did consist
l^ART I.
Lane Family in Rickmansworth, England,
AND VICINITY.
The frontispiece is a picture of the old Lane farm house at Shep-
herds, Mill-Knd, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, F^ngland. It was
the home of Knglish Lanes for at least a hundred years, including
|ohn Lane ( 1620-1 706?), own cousin and correspondent of Job
Lane, who came to America alx)ut 1635 according to the family
tradition. 1 rom the style of construction the house seems to have
l)een built about the last of the 16th or early in the i 7 th century, and
I think it is safe to assume that it is the identical building which was
occupied by the Knglish John Lane alx)ve mentioned, as we know
that he was "of Shepherds" and that the house was occupied by his
descendants some generations later. The house passed out of the
possession of people of the Lane name, by reason of there being
no male descendants, about the middle of the last century, and out
of the possession of any of the Lane blood, early in the present
century, about 1820, as near as I can find out. The house is no
longer used as the residence of the occupier of the farm, but as the
bailiff's house, the bailiff being a sort of overseer or foreman. — L.
P. Lam\
I.
JAMES LANE, Senior, yeoman, perhaps of Rickmansworth
in the county of Hertford, England, was the father of Job, James
and Edward Lane, of Maiden, Mass., about 1650. (Was the
2 Lane Family in Rickzviansworth, England.
name of his wife Katherine? "Will of Rich^ Russel of the county
of Hereford, the elder, gent., i6 Aug. 1627, proved 10 June 1628 :
To Mr. James Lane and wife Katherine Lane, ^/t.") Mr. Lane
had four sons and died possessed of landed estate before 1654.
John, the eldest son, remained in England. He received joint
inheritance with his brother James, in the parental estates prior to
1654, and perhaps was the kinsman and executor mentioned in
John Lane's will of 1661. Other sons of James Lane, Senior, were
Job, James and Edward who all settled in the vicinity of Boston,
Mass. A letter from Jeremiah Gould, dated at London, 6 June
1654, and directed to his "Kind Friend Job Lane" in Mass.,
shows that James Lane, Senior, and wife had surrendered an estate
to their sons James and John and their heirs. The father and
mother died in debt, "a good sum," and the son James paid it.
James Lane, Senior, had five brothers of whom we have some
knowledge.
II.
HF^NRY LANE a brother of James Lane, Senior, and probably
died without issue. The letter of Jeremiah (iould to Job Lane,
1654, says: "Your uncle Henry Lane is dead; there is 19 acres
of poor land fallen unto his heir, and there is a scruple made
whether you be he or no, because you have an elder brother and not
known to be dead." — iV. E. Gen. Reg., 44: jgy.
III.
JOHN LANE was a brother of James Lane, Senior, and was
mentioned in their brother Jeremie's will, 1646. Jeremiah Gould
writes to Job Lane, in 1653 or '4 : *T made a journey unto your
uncle John Lane within this 8 days and must meet him on Satur-
day at Rickmansworth." The will of John Lane of Rickmans-
worth in the county of Hertford is dated 7 Aug., i66r, and gives
much family history. The will provides for "Herriotte" payable at
Lane Familv in Rickmaxsworth, Exgl.axd. 3
his death to the lord of the manor of Rickmansworth. It be-
queaths "to Rebecca Baker my daughter ffiue pounds of good and
lawfull money of F^ngland." It leaves legacies to ten other persons
in sums varying from ten to thirty pounds. It gives "to the poore
people of Rickmansworth ffifty shillings to be distributed amongst
them where most need is ;" also "Three Hundred of Spray ffagotts
To the poore people of Millend to be delivered to them thensueing
Winter and continually for one and Twenty years." The residuary
legatee and executor of the will was "my kinsman John Lane."
He seems without male issue. His daughter Rebecca m.
Haker.
will OF roHx lank.
1661. "/// the name oj oW Anun, the seavenlh day of August in the Thir-
teenth yeare of the Kaigne of our Soveraigne Lord King Charles the Second
over England &c. Anoq. Dnii one Thousand Six hundred Sixty one, I John
Lane of Kickniersworth in the County of Hertford yeoman being of a good
and perfect memory (jjraysed be (jod) knowing death certain but the tyme
and hower very vncertaine being weake and sick in body doe make this my last
will and 'lestament in manner following And fifirst of all I giue to the poore
people of Rickmersworth aforesaid ffifty shillings of good and lawfull money
of England To be distributed amongst them where most need is within one
month next after my death \\. the direction of myne Executor hereafter herein
named. Item I giue and bequeath to Rebecca Baker my daughter ffive
pounds of like good money And to my kinsman Job Lane sonne of my brother
James Lane deceased I giue and bequeath the sume of Thirty pounds of like
good money. And to my kinsman Thomas Lane sonne of my brother Symon
Lane deceased I giue and bequeath flifteene pounds of like good money And
to Jahasell Lane sonne of my brother Jeremiah Lane deceased I giue and be-
queath the sume of Tenn pounds of like good money And to Mary Lane my
kinswoman daughter of the said Jeremiah I giue and bequeath the like sume
of Tenn pounds of like good money All w hich said Legacies And severall
sumes of money soe bequeathed I will shall be paid to them and every of
them within Sixe months after my death by myne Executo"" heareafter herein
named Item I giue and h)equeath vnto my kinswoman ffrances the now wife
of Richard Lovett Tenn pounds of like good money to be paid vnto her
Twenty shillings a yeare during Tenn yeares next ensueing after my death
Item I give & bequeath to Judith Lovett ye wife of Henry Lovett ye like sume
of Tenn pounds of like good money to be paid vnto her Twenty shillings a
yeare dureing Tenn years next ensueing after my death Item I give and be-
queath vnto my said kinsman Jahasell Lane the bedstedd in my Parlour
wheron I now lye with all my bedding and furniture of Bedding thervpon or
therwithall now vsed And if my said daughter Rebecca or the Bnyliffe of the
4 Lane Family in Rickmaxsworth, England.
Lord of the Manor of Rickmersworlh shall take away the said Bedstedd or
any bedding thervnto belonging for the Herriotte to be due att my death
Then my will is that my Executor shall giue the full price or valew sett vpon
them for Redemption therof or if not to be redeemed shall giue him the full
price as they shall be valued att in ready money Item I give vnto the said
Jahasell Two paire of sheete And one Brasse Porrage pott with a Notch in it
Item I giue vnto my sd kinswoman Mary Lane Two paire of sheets and one
Dozen of Table napkins And my long Table cloth with a fringe att end of it
and one short Table cloth Item I giue will and bequeath Three Hundred of
Spray ffaggotts To the poore people of Millend to be delivered to them then-
sueing Winter next after my death att the discretion of myne Executor herein
hereafter named The said poore people that liue betweene James Edlins and
Eves house to have the said ffaggotts and none else And if any new erected
cottage be made or sett vp within the liberty aforesaid hereafter and any more
poore shalbe therby added and increased such poore shall have noe share in
the said ffaggotts And my will is that Three Hundred of such like ffaggotts
shall be given to such poore and continued for one and Twenty years next
after my death and not longer And concerning Mary Hull which is now
with me I doe will that my Executor herein named shall take a fatherly care
of her And shall manttayne her with meate drink and apparell in decent
manner for and during the terme of Three years next ensuing after my death.
Item I giue and bequeath vnto James Lane brother to the said Job Tenn
pounds of like good money to be paid to him within Six months next after my
death by myne Execuf Item I giue and bequeath vnto my kinswoman
Martha Lane daughter of Jeremiah the like sume of Tenn pounds of like good
money to be paid to her within Six months next after my death by myne
Executr Yf it happen that my kinsman Thomas Lane shall dye before his
Legacie become due Then the ffifteen pounds Legacie shalbe paid to his wife,
yf shee shall dye Then to his children And if my kinsman Job dye before
his Legacie shall become due Then the Thirty pounds Legacie shalbe paid to
his wife if shee dye then to his children And if any of the other Legators
That are single [persons] and unmaried happen to dye before their Legacie
or Legacies shall become due Then my Execuf shall pay such Legacie of
him or her so dying to the next brother or sister att his owne discretion Item
all the rest and residue of my goods and Chattells whatsoeuer vnbequeathed I
giue and bequeath vnto my kinsman John Lane whome I name and appoint
Executor of this my last will and Testament In Witnes whereof I the said
John Lane the Testator have herevnto sett my hand and seale the day and
year fifirst aboue written. " John Lane.
Read published and declared subscribed and Sealed by the Testator In the
p'sence of Paul Ives Alice Shrimpton her marke John Hobs his marke."
Proved Jan. 13, 1661-2, by John Lane the executor, who it seems reasonable
to suppose was the older lirother or the cousin of Job Lane. — ^V. E. Gen.
^^S-y 44- 395 y ^'
Lane Fa.milv in Rickmanswukih, England. 5
IV.
SYMOX LANE, a brother of James Lane, Senior, dieei prior to
the signing of John Lane's will, 1661. His son Thomas Lane re-
ceived by John Lane's will fifteen pounds, to go in case of his
decease to his wife, and if she die to his children. Was this the
Thomas Lane who was warned by the selectmen of Dorchester,
Mass., in 1635, to remove to Watertown?
V.
GEORdE LANE, a brother of James Lane, Senior, was living
in 1654. He was mentioned in a letter from John Lane to his
cousin Job Lane, 3 Mar., 1678, as having conveyed estate to his
brother John Lane whose daughter Rebecca Baker surrendered it
to the lord of the manor of Rickmansworth.
George Lane probably had son Richard Lane, who m. first,
Joyce; second, 1664, Hester \\'illiamson and died 1704; his
children: i. George, died 1656. 2. Mary, and 3, Rebeckah.
These daughters had copy-holds at Mill End, Rickmansworth, which
went to John Lane; and both died before 1678.
VI.
JEROME, JEREMIE or JEREML\H LANE>, a brother of
James Lane, Senior, from Penn in Buckinghamshire, bought land in
Rickmansworth, 1624, lived at West End, and had wife Martha,
executrix of his will, 1647.
WILL OF JEREML\H LANE.
1646. Will of Jeremie Lane of Rickmersworth in the County of Hertford,
yeoman, 30 Sept. 1646, proved 2 June 1647.
I give and bequeath to Martha my wife for and during the term of eight
years next ensuing if she so long live, for and towards the education, main-
6 Lane Family in Rickmansworth, England.
tenance and bringing up of my children, all my messuage, lands, tenants and
heriditaments &c. in the hamlet of West End in the parish of Rickmersworth.
And if she die before the expiration of said term then I give and bequeath the
same to the purpose aforesaid, to my son John Lane and to my brother John
Lane for such part of the said term that then shall be to come and unexpired.
After the said term of eight years I give and bequeath the one moiety of the
said messuage &c. to my eldest son John Lane and the heirs of his body law-
fully begotten or to be begotten; and for default of such issue, to remain to
Josias my son and the heirs of his body lawfully to be begotten; and for de-
fault of such issue to remain to Jahasiel my son &c. &c. and then to remain to
the right heirs of me the said Jerome Lane forever. Provision made for
daughters Mary and Martha. Wife Martha to be executrix. Witnesses, Jo
Andreas, John Lane, signum Alice Shrimpton tix John Shrimpton." — Gen.
Reg., 46: 4SS-
Three sons of JEREMIAH LANE^ are mentioned in his will
1646, namely John-, Josiah- and Jahasiel-. Two daughters of
Jeremiah Lane, Mary^ and Martha-, are named in John Lane's
will of 1 66 1. These daughters are traced to Charlestown, Mass.,
where Mary died before 1694.
Jahasiel Lane'-^, m. Prudence , and had son JohiP', born
1675-
John Lane^, of Shepherds, born about 1620, perhaps executor
of John Lane's will 1661, and correspondent of his cousin Job
Layne, 3 Mar., 1678, died 1706?; had wife Mary and son John*^
of Shepherds, born 1667, died 1728.
yohn Lane^ of Shepherds had children :
I. John* of New House, m. first, Susannah who d. 11 Nov., 1720;
m. second, Sarah , and d. 10 Aug., 1740. 2. James"*, m. first, Mary
, who d. Dec, 1739; m. second, Ann , and d. al)out 1753. 3-
Martha*, d. 31 May, 1737. 4. Sarah", m. Howe and had Rebekah, will
1740.
James Lane*, son of John'"' of Shepherds, had,
I. James^ of Mill End, who gave bond to Ann Lane for her dowry out of
Bullein's Court bought by Jerome Lane', and made his will 1758. 2. Joseph*,
will about 1780, left land to Jno. Swannell. 3. Sarah^. 4. Jane^. 5.
Ann*, Madam of Micklefield Hall. 6. Mary*, m. Swannell' and had
John, m. Sybil Edlin, and several daughters.
Descendants of John Swannell- of Shepherds, who d. Dec, 1824 ?
aged 84 yrs. and his wife Sybil Edlin.
L Joseph'^, who occupied Shepherds up to 1820-21 ? and had children:
Lane Family ix Rilkmans worth, England. 7
I. Harriet^. 2. Sarah Lane^, m. Burford. 3. Jemima'*, m. Wilde and
had, I) Clara Charlotte, m. Davis and had Edward and Bertram. 2) Alger-
non William, m. 2 June, 1898. 3) Georgina Henrietta, m. Tracy and
had Cecil, John and Clara Georgina. 4) James Augustus. 5; Laura. 4
Sybil, m. Austen and d. 1890.
II. IVillia/n^, whose children were,
I. Owen*, and 2, Henry* who had, i) William^ and 2) Jane*, m.
Barber.
III. Mar^arei^y m. Stansfeld and had,
I. Harriet, m. Powell. 2. Alfred, m. Eliza and had, l) John S.,
M. A., (Uxon.;
I\'. Other daughters'*.
PART II.
Job Lane of Maiden and Billerica, Mass.,
AND DESCENDANTS.
1.
JOB LANE' (James), 1620-1697, was born in England about
1620, and owned lands in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, about
eighteen miles from London. His uncle Loyse by marriage,
fell April, 1643, in the sea-croft or club-fight between the King's
forces and the Parliamentary army under I^ord Fairfax. The tra-
dition that Job Lane came to America in 1635, when only 15 yrs.
old, is not authenticated.
Job Lane was distinguished as ''master-carpenter, " "house-
wright," "artificer" and ''bridge-builder." He first appears at
Sekonk, Mass., in 1643, where he was estimated worth fifty pounds
for the purpose of receiving subsequent grants of land, and where
he joined the Sekonk Combination, 3d 5 mo. 1644. He was at
Rehoboth, Mass., 9th 4 mo. 1645, ^^d drew lot No. 28. He was
of Dorchester, Mass., and returned to England and was married
there in 1647. •
"A full manifestation of Thomas Howell's desire on his death
bed," June 6, 1647, his property to be divided between his wife
and children, names "Job Lane his kinsman now in England" ex-
ecutor. "The coppie of Job Lane's refusall to accept of the
executorship of Thomas Howell's last will and testa""' directed to
the gov'nor, Oct. 19, 1647," shows him to be a carpenter of Dor-
chester, Mass. Thomas Howell was of Marshfield. Inventory,
May 31, 1648; amount ;^3 8, 2s.
Job Lane settled in ALalden, Mass., near the time of its incor-
poration. May 2, 1649. "In answer to the petition of seull inhabi-
Family One. 9
tants of Mistick Side, their request is granted viz. to be a district
town of themselves, and the name thereoff to be Maulden." — Gen.
Court Record.
A curious entry in the Mass. Bay Colony Records has reference
to a Negro servant Eneroe who, having been set free by his former
master Clement, had bound himself to Mr. Lane, May 28, 1651,
for nine years. Again May 18, 1653, "In ans' to the petition of
Job Lane in behalf of Ebedmeleck his servant for the remittment
of the rigor of the lawe &:c. the Court judgeth it mete that the
sayd Ebedmeleck, for his stealing vitualls and breaking open a
window on the Lord's day, shall the next lecture day be whipt five
stripes." — JAiss. Ricords, j : jo6 and 4 : ijj.
A fragmentary correspondence between Job Lane and the cus-
todians of the English estates is among the interesting papers
treasured in the family at Bedford, NLiss. Letters from Jeremiah
(iuuKl, dated at London in 1653 and 1654, to his "Loving Friend
Job Lane," contain much family history. He writes June 6, 1654,
"Vou wonder that your Brother James should delude me to make
away your estate, and withal wished me not to surrender the
l)remises to him .... Your uncle assured me that the annuity
belonged not to you but to your brother Edward if he were alive,
etc." Among Job Lane's other correspondents in England were
Mr. Smith of Gildersome, Yorkshire, to whom he wrote Aug. 13,
1670; John Harwood, his attorney, from whom he received letters
dated Feb. 18, 1665, Mar. 14, 167 1-2, Feb. 6, 1677, and May 6,
1677 ; Marmaduke Reyner, his wife's uncle, who wrote May 17,
1676; John Dickenson of Gildersome, his friend and agent, to
whom he wrote Aug. 13, 1670, Oct. 23, 1678, June 19, 1695, and
from whom he received letters dated Mar. 6, 1670, Feb. 20, 1673,
Apr. 29, 1675, Feb. 6, 1677, Oct. 23, 1678, Apr. i, 1679, •^P''-
16, 1695 and Nov. 3, 1696. He received a letter from his cousin
John Lane, dated Mar. 3, 1678, questioning "whether the heathen
have yet been subdued or not," who also adds, "I have been
several times with the lord of the manor to search the court rolls,
. . . and he told me that he cannot find the surrender that my
uncle George Lane made to my uncle John Lane .... You
desire to know how my cousin Baker has disposed of the estate.
10 Job Lane and Descendani-s.
and I so understand she did surrender it into the hands of the
Lord of the manor, and then did take it up for her own life to one
]\Latthe\v Baker kinsman of WilHam Baker, and I think the land is
past recovery." John Dickenson, Jr., wrote him in 1677, respect-
ing "Nonconformity in England," and affirmed May, 1679, that
''the Gospel is promulgated." — Lane Family Papers^ by William
H. Whitmore, Gen. Reg,, XI and XVIL
Records show that Job Lane's "forfieture was abated and fine
remitted," May 23 and Nov. 13, 1655 ; he was made freeman May
14, 1656; bought land in Maiden of Nicholas Parker Sept. 22,
1656; was attorney to collect five pounds for William Wilkins of
Chesham, Buck's county, England, Apr. 6, 1658; was mentioned
in the inventory of George Mumings, 17th 7 mo., 1658. He con-
tracted with the selectmen of Maiden, Nov. 11, 1658, *'to erect
and finish upp a good strong Artificial meeting house, to be com-
pleted before 20 Sept. next ensuing."
Contract for the erection of the first Meeting house in Maiden.
"Articles of agreement made and concluded ye ii^h day of ye ninth mo.
1658 betweene Job Lane of Maiden on the one partie, carpenter, and William
Brakenbury, Lieut. John Wayte, Ensigne J. Sprague and Thomas Green,
Senior, Selectmen of Maiden, on the behalf of the towne, on the other partie,
as followeth :
"Imprimis: The said Job Lane doth hereby covenant, promise and agree to
build, erect and finish upp a good strong Artificial meeting House of Thirty-
three foot Square, sixteen foot stud between joints, with dores, windows,
pullpitt, seats and all other things whatsoever in all respects belonging thereto
as hereafter is expressed.
1. That all the sells, girts, mayne posts, plates, Beames and all other
principal Timbers shall be of good and sound white or Black oake.
2. That all the walls be made upp on the outside with good clapboards,
well dressed, lapped and nayled. And the Inside to be lathed all over and
well struck with clay, and uppon it with lime, and hard up to the wallplate,
and also the l)eame fellings as need shalbe.
3. The roofe to be covered with boards and short shinglings with a territt
on the topp about six foot squar to hang the bell in, with rayles about it, the
floor to be made tite with planks.
4. The bell to be fitted upp in all respects and Hanged therein fitt for use.
5. Thre dores in such places as the sayed Selectmen shal direct, viz. east,
west and south.
6. Six windows below the girt on thre sids, namely, east, west and south,
Family One. 1 1
to contayne sixteen foot of glass in a window, with Leaves; and two windows
on the south side above the girt on each side of the deske, to contayne six
foot of glass A piece; and two windows under each plate on the east, west
and north sides, fitt [to] conteine eight foote of glass a peice.
7. The pullpitt and cover to be of wainscott to conteyne fifiue or six persons.
8. The deacons seat allso of wainscott with door, and a table joyned to it
to fall downe for the Lords Supper.
9. The fFloer to be of strong Boards throughout and well nayled,
10. The House to be fitted with seats throughout, made with good planks,
with rayles on the topps, boards at the Backs and timbers at the ends.
I I . The underpining to he of stone or bricks, and pointed with lyme on
the outside.
12. The Alleyes to be one from the deacon's seat through the middle of
the house to the north end, and another cross the house ffrom east to west
sides, and one before the deacon's seat; as is drawne on the back side of this
paper.
13. And the said Jol> to provide all boards, Timber, nayles. Iron work,
glass, shingles, lime, hayre, laths, clapbords, bolts, locks and all other things
whatsoever needful and belonging to the finyshing of the said house, and
to rayse and finish it up in all respects before the twentie of September next
ensuing, they allowing help to rayse it.
And the sd Selectmen for themselves, on behalf of the town, in consideracon
of the said meeting house so finished, do hereby covenant, promise and agre
to pay unto the sd Job Lane or his Assigns the sume of one hundred and ffiffty
pounds in come, cordwood and provisions sound and merchantable att price
currant, and fatt cattle on valuacon by Indifferent men, unless themselves
agree the prices:
In manner following, that is to say, fififftie pound before the first of ye second
mo. next ensuing. And fififftie pounds befor the first of ye last mo. which shall
be in the year one thousand six hundred 59, and other ffiffty pounds before the
first of ye second mo. which shallbe in the year one thousand six hundred and
sixtie. And it is further Agreed that when the sd house is finished, in case the
sd Job shall find and judgeth to be worth ten pounds more, that it shall be re-
ferred to Indifferent workmen to determine, unless the sayed selectmen shall
se just cause to pay the sd ten pounds without such valuacon.
In witness whereof the partys to these presents have Interchangeably put
their hands the day and yeare above written,
William Brakenblry
JoH Sprague
JOH Wayte
Witness,
Joseph Hills
and Greshom hills."
— NisL of Maiden.
12 Job Lane and Descendants.
In 1682 the parish of Maiden voted "that the meeting house be
repaired to keep out the weather and to save the sills from rotting."
It was in possession of a church bell at this time which was placed
upon Bell Rock, an elevated ledge near which the meeting house
stood and which still bears the old name.
Job Lane purchased five acres of land in Maiden from Michael
Smith, the last day of the nth mo. 1659, contracted to build a
bridge over Concord river to be completed before the close of the
year 1659, "with abutments at each end suitable for the passing
over with carts," and engaged to raise the frame of a house for
Thomas Robinson of Scituate, Aug. 25, 1660.
He was appointed attorney for his brother James Lane of
Maiden, turner, Nov. 19, 1660. He received from his uncle John
Lane's will, Aug. 7, 1661, thirty pounds : "and if my kinsman Job
dye before his Lagacie shall become due, Then the Thirty pounds
Legacie shall be paid to his wife ; if shee dye, then to his children."
Petition, 7th 4th mo., 1662, signed Job Lane among nine in-
habitants of Maiden for the rest : "Our most humble Petic'on to
this much honoured Court is ; That a Tract of lands of About
fower Miles Square at A place Called Pennycooke may be Granted
As A Addic'on to us, for our better Support And Incouragement in
the Service of Christ & the Countrie.
The Deputyes thinke not meete to grant this pet.
William Torrey, Cleric."
— Jfass. A/rkic'es, 112 : 147.
Job Lane had paid the remainder of a bill to Christian Hooper,
Jan. 15, 1662-3, and with Theodore Atkinson, forger, he agreed to
build a draw-bridge. Mar. 6, 1662-3.
Job Lane removed, about 1664, from Maiden to the Indian
Shawshine, a part of ancient Cambridge till incorporated Billerica,
May 29, 1655, and Bedford since .Sept. 23, 1729. Here his de-
scendants became among the most numerous and influential
families of Billerica and Bedford, Mass.
The Massachusetts Bay Company, under John Winthrop, gov-
ernor, and Thomas Dudley, deputy governor, left England in April,
1629, landed at Salem in June, 1629, removed to Charlestown in
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July, 1629, and settled in Boston, Sept..i7, 1630, and in Xewtowne
1 63 1. Gov. Winthrop returned to Boston and reproved his deputy
in 1632, ''that he did not well to bestow so much cost about wains-
cotting and adorning his house in the beginning of a plantation,
both in regard of the public charges and for example." The re-
moval of the governor's extremely rude frame house from Newtowne
to Boston was the cause of a misunderstanding between the gov-
ernor and the deputy, but matters were accommodated to the
content of both parties, Sept. 4, 1632. The Colonial General
Court, Nov. 2, 1637, granted Winthrop and Dudley one thousand
acres of land each, as a gratuity for valuable services in laying the
foundation of the Colony.
We have Gov. Winthrop's graphic account of the location of
these outlying farms. The two eminent men came together from
Boston by way of Concord to Shawshine and fixed on the right
bank of Concord river their respective claims.
January, 1637-8. "Going down the river alwut four miles, they made choice
of a place for one thousand acres for each of them. They offered each other
the first choice, hut because the deputy's was first granted and himself had
store of land already the governor yielded him the choice. So at the place
where the deputy's land was to begin, there were two great stones which they
called the Two Brothers, in remembrance that they were brothers by their
children's marriage and did so brotherly agree, and for that a little creek near
those stones was to part their lands." — Winthrop'' s Journal, Apr. 24, J6j8.
The General Court enlarged the grant to the governor by an
additional two hundred acres. May 2, 1638, and still later, June 6,
1639, added sixty acres at the "great meadows."
May 2, 1638. "It was ordered by the p^sent Court that John Winthrop
Esqr. the p^sent governor shall have 1200 acres of land whereof 1000 acres was
formerly graunted him; & Thomas Dudley Esqr. the Deputy governor has
1000 acres granted him by a former court, both of them about 6 miles from
Concord northwards; the said governor to have his 1200 acres on the southerly
side of two great stones standing neare together close by the ryvers side that
comes from Concord."
Mr. Dudley's farm was also increased to fifteen hundred acres
and was sold by him, Feb. 28, 165 1-2, for ;£^iio.
Gov. John Winthrop' of Mass. died Mar. 26, 1649, ^^ 63 years.
His son John Winthrop, Jr.-, settled first at Ipswich, Mass., in 1633,
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but was made governor of Say brook plantation, Conn., in 1635.
He founded New London in 1645 ^^^ became governor of Conn,
in 1657. His son Fitz John Winthrop^ sold the entire Winthrop
grant to Job Lane, Aug. 2, 1664, for 230 pounds current money in
New England. Mr. Lane paid for the estate by building Mr.
Winthrop a mansion house and barn at New London. He was
put in possession of it by John Parker, x^ug. 8, 1664, ^nd took re-
ceipt for payment July 4, 1665. The deed written on vellum, with
Fitz John Winthrop's unique seal upon it, is still preserved in
the possession of Job Lane's descendants.
The ''Two Brothers" or "Brother Rocks" are composed of rough
granite each about 10 feet in diameter and standing about 60 feet
apart on the meridian. The north side of the south rock is marked
"Winthrop 1638." The south side of the north rock is marked
''Dudley 1638." The Bedford Historical Society marked these
enduring landmarks in 1893, the expense being borne by Dudley
L. Pickman, the present owner. Old oaks cut from the grove
where the Two Brothers are situated were put into the bridge
between Boston and Charlestown which Washington crossed and
praised in 1789.
THE WINTHROP DEED.
'T^HIS INDENTURE MADE the second day of August in the year of Or
-*■ Lord one thousand Six hundred Sixty & ffour in the Sixteenth yeare of
the Reigne of O"" Souraigne Lord Charles the Second by the grace of God of
England, Scotland, France & Ireland King, defender of the ffaith &ct,
between fifitz John Winthrop of new London in the Colony of Conecticutt in
New England Esquire on the one part & Job Lane of Maiden in the County of
Middlesex in New England Carpenter on the other part Witnesseth that the
said fifitz John Winthrop for & in Consideration of the Sum of Two hundred &
Thirtie pounds currant money in New England by the value there of in Cattle
& other currant pay in New England to him in hand before the sealing and
delivery here of well & truly paid by the above named Job Lane where of &
wherewith the said fifitz John Winthrop doth acknowledge himself to be fully
Satisfied contented & paid & there of doth acquit & discharge the said Job
Lane his heires & assignes and every of them for euer by these presents Hath
given granted, bargained, Sould, Enfoeffed & confirmed & by these p^sents
Doth fully clearly «S: absolutely giue, grant, bargain, sell, enfoffe, confirm vnto
the said Job Lane his heirs & assignes forever a parcel of upland & meadow
lying & being near vnto Billerica & Containeth Twelve hundred Acres be it
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more or be it lesse, & is bounded by the lands formrly granted vnto Thomas
Dudlow Esquire Easterly & by Concord Riuer Westerly ^: by Concord Riuer
Southerly & by Billerica comon Easterly. Of the wch meadow, Sixty Acres
be it more or lesse lyeth about a mile Easterly from the before mentioned land
& meadow to be bargained & Sould, with the priviledges and appurtenances
thereto belonging & all the estate, right, title, interest, use, prperty, possession,
claim & demand what soever of him the said ffitz John Winthrop of in or to
the same or any part or parcel thereof
To HAVE & TO HOLD the Said parcel of upland & meadow with in the
same, & the before named meadow Easterly from the said upland &
meadow, adjoining as it is bounded & lyeth recorded in the book of
Records & described by ett with the priviledges & appurtenances
thereto belonging vnto the said Job Lane his heirs & assigns To his &
their owne p^per use & behoof for ever. And the said ffitz John Winthrop for
himself his heirs executo's & administrates doth covenant promise & grant to
& with the said Job Lane his heirs & assignes by these p^sents in manner «S:
form as followeth (that is to say) That he the said fifitz John Winthrop at the
time of the grant, bargaine & Sale of the p'misses & untill the deliv^y here of
unto the said Job Lane to the use of him his heirs & assignes for ever, was the
true & rightfull owner of the above bargained p^misses, & that the same is
free and clear & freely & clearly acquited & discharged of & from all and all
manner of former & other gifts, grants, bargains, Sales, mortgages, leases & of
cV from all & singular other charges, Rents, tills, troubls, incumbrances &
demands whatsoever had, made, done, or suffered to be done by the said fifitz
John Winthrop or any other pson or psons whatsoever by his or their Act,
means, default consent or p ur mt. And that the said tfitz John Winthrop his
heires executors & administrato»^ the said bargained prmisses & every part &
parcel there of vnto the said Job Lane his heirs & assigns Against all & every
pson & psons whatsoever lawfully claiming or to claim any estate, right, title
or interest of in or to the same or any part or parcel thereof Shall & will war-
rant & forever defend by these p^^sent.
And that the said Job Lane his heires «S: assigns the said bargained prmis-
ses, priviledges & appurtenances thereto belonging. Shall & may from hence-
forth forever. Lawfully peaceably & quietly have, hojd, use, profess, & . . .
.... owne pper use without the let, Sute, trouljle, molestation, denyall,
contradiction, eviction? or disturbance of the said ffitz John Winthrop or any
other pson or psons whatsoever claiming pnending to have any estate, right,
title, interest, claim or demand whatsoever of in or to the same or any part
thereof.
In Witness whereof the said ffitz John Winthrop hath here vnto set his
hand & Scale the day and yeare aboue written.
FiTZ J. Winthrop.
There is no evidence that the Winthrop Farm was occupied till
bought by Job Lane. He owned a saw mill on the farm and built
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a dwelling house on the eastern side of it. An ancient Lane house
now standing and occupied as a family residence is situated on
the rising point of land on the right hand side of the road about a
mile and a half north from the junction of the main street of Bed-
ford with the roads to Concord and Billerica. The Winthrop
Purchase was estimated to contain 1260 acres and continued intact
until the death of Mr. Lane in 1697, when it was divided among
his heirs. In 1707 it was surveyed for the first time and found to
contain 1500 acres.
Job Lane took a receipt from Thomas Butteriield, loth 5 mo.,
1665. He bought from Joseph Rock, Feb. 29, 1666, the Thomas
Coytmore mill in Maiden and all the privileges attending it. This
''corne-mill" was built as early as 1640. The dam flowed Spy
Pond. The mill stood below at tide navigation to which the water
was brought in canals or sluices.
Mr. Lane received as apprentice John Quinne from county of
Cork, Ireland, who personally bound himself in June, 1666. He
took as apprentice, June 5, 1667, Thomas Austin, who was trans-
ferred to him for seven years from his arrival in the ship Desire,
May 9, 1667, by Capt. Rowland Bevans, to whom Austin's widowed
mother had bound him Feb. 26, 1667.
Sale of slave Mercury :
"Know al men by these p'sents that I Jobe Lane of Maiden in the covnty
of niidelsex in New Engld Carpenter, acknowledge my Selfe to be indebted
vnto John Leuerett of Boston in the Covnty of Suffolke in the Massachvsets
Collony in New Engld for a negro boy called mercury the sum of thirty povnds
of Current money of new Engld the which svm I the sayd Jobe Lane p'niise to
pay vnto the sayd Leuerett at his Now dvelling house in boston, or in other
pay to his Content as for monney, or to his heyres €xeccvtors or assigns; for
the trve performance of the same I doe hereby fyrmely bynd myselfe my heyres
execcvors & assignes in the penalty of sixty povnds of like currant money. In
witnes whereof I haue herevnto set my hand & seale this 12th day of Jvne
1667.
Job Laine."
[Sealed with a Pine tree shilling.]
Mr. Lane, "an able and honest artificer," contracted, Jan. it,
1667-8, to build Great Bridge over Billerica river, the work to be
completed before Sept. 29 following, and he to receive "seven
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score and five pounds starling ; ten in cash, ten in wheat, ten in
malt and the remainrler in corne and cattle."
Job Lane, for the sum of 155 pounds and other considerations
for which he received a receipt in full June 6, 1668, bought of
Jachin Reyner of Rowley New England, co-partner with his sister
Anna Reyner wife of Job Laine, one-fourth part of housing and
lands to which said Reyner was heir in his mother's right, situated
in the townships of F.dgeton and Welburne, Yorkshire, Kng., and
occupied by 'I'homas Boyse. The Rev. John Reyner of Dover, N.
H., as tenant for life, had conveyed one-half of the rents of this
estate to his son Jachin Reynor, Aug. 7, 1660, and one-half to his
son-in-law Job Laine, Aug. 5, 1662. Mr. Lane was charged by
John Harwood with expenses in looking after the estates in I'.ng-
land, June 24, 1675. His proposition, 1674, to the town of
Billerica, "to abate him annually part of his dues to Mr. Whiting
was propounded to the town, but not accei)ted." He was indebted
to the estate of Joseph Hills of Maiden, Oct. 5, 1674.
'I'he Winlhrojj-Lane Farm lying remote from the settlements at
Concord and liillerica was exposed to attack by the Indians during
King Philip's War, 1675. "Job Lane is impressed," but was
doubtless allowed to protect his own house. — Billerica Records.
The 8th 8 mo., 1675, he was allowed to stockade his dwelling and
be freed from fortifying other appointed garrisons, and empowered
to keep a "watch" and examine persons as other watches may do.
The 14th 8 mo., 1675, also Job Laine was authorized "to fortify
his owne house and to have two soldiers for garrison — men to de-
fenil his house in case ye country could spare them."
Certificate of sale : "This may certify to all persons that I,
Mary Lynden of Boston, do sell all my right in a boy called Torrey
to Job Lane, given to me according to a County Court record, 1676.
^L\RV Lynden."
Torrey became a family name for the colored race in the Lane
possession.
Mr. Lane was deputy for Billerica to the General Court Aug. 9,
1676, and in 1679; was selectman 1676, '7, '9-'8i ; was classed
among the ten families under George Farley, tithingman, 8th 8mo.,
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1677, whose duty it was ''to examine the several famihes and see
whether their children and servants were taught in the principles of
religion;" took oath of fidelity to the state, 4th 12 mo., 1677 ; sold
to W. Green Apr. 2, 167S, English estate received from Jachin
Rayner, June 6, 1668 ; had family friends in the Parliament party,
England, Sept. 26, 1678.
John Harvard devised half of his estate and his library of 300
volumes in 1638, as the foundation of Harvard College and the
name Newtowne was changed to Cambridge in honor of the old
English university town. It is related that when Charles Chauncy,
president of Harvard college from Nov. 27, 1654, to Feb. 19,
1 67 1 -2, had sacrificed his own and his family's pecuniary prospects
by his devotion to the college interests, he had an estate with ^60
income given him by a Mr. Lane, probably a relation of Bristol,
England. It is said that Job Lane erected one of the wooden col-
lege buildings. Old Harvard Hall was rebuilt of brick in 1672 by
the contributions of the Colony at an expense of ^1890. When
the town of Billerica had paid a part of their subscription and
wished to excuse their delay in forwarding the remainder, the
selectmen appointed Mr. Lane, the 14th 8 mo., 1678, ''to returne
an answ"" to y« Hon<^ generall Court vpon y^ i8th day of this instant,
in reference to our contribution to y^ Colledge." He also "received
90 pounds for the colledg" Mar. 30, 16S3. — Afass. Recoj'ds, 5.-
393-
Mr. Lane was taxed in Billerica, 1679, ^^^ two polls and assessed
^2, 13s, more than any other man. He was notified by John
Dickenson Apr. i, 1679, that rents in England had been received
for six years, 1673 to 1678. In 1680, he was one of the appraisers
of the goods of his brother James Lane, deceased, of Casco Bay.
Job Lane's son John married in 1682, when Mr. Lane appears
to have returned to his estate in Maiden. Here he was selectman,
1683, '6, '7 ; took Robert Stuke apprentice for three years, July i,
1685 ; was deputy from Maiden, 1685 and '92. The pay of the
representative to the Legislature in those days was derived from the
town. Maiden, May 19, 1686, "paid to Mr. Laine for debutys
charges for the year '85, p/^ I, 14s, 7d;" and at another time the
same year for like service, ^2, 5s, 6d. He was apportioned by
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lot land in the commons of Maiden, May, 1695 ; and bought real
estate of J. Green, Aug. 7, 1695. He also bought out this year,
some interest of Mrs, Martha, widow of John Coggan, in the mill
built by her first husband Thomas Coytemore, brother-in-law of
Gov. John Winthrop, which he bequeathed to his daughter Dorothy
and her husband Edward Sprague.
Letters from England for Mr. Job Lane of >Lalden were to be
left, Feb. 9, 1694-5 **at Mrs. Mary Ardells at her house in the
Town Dock over against Mr. Thomas Clark, brazier, Boston." At
this date William Ardell had a sister in ?2ngland, viz. Mrs. Frances
'Ihompson. He was a merchant in Boston, 1684, and sheriff of the
Province of N. IL, 1698.
Job Lane was a man of marketl intelligence, great business
capacity and commanding influence in church and colony. Late
in life he became infirm through age and paralysis, so that im-
portant i)apers were signed by his initials only, J. 1 . His amanu-
ensis was Rev. Jabez Fox of Woburn, who married Judith Reyner,
half sister of Mrs. Lane. John Dickenson declined .Aj^r. 7, 1695,
to pay a draft presented by Mrs. Frances Thompson because the
writing was different from Mr. Lane's usual hand. When Dicken-
son wrote about the matter, Aj^r. 16, 1695, Mr. lane replied June
19, 1695 :
"By reason of my weakness and other infirmity of old age at-
tending me for the space of these six years past, I have wholly been
incapacitated to do anything for you about that business which is
above a hundred miles from me By reason that I am lame
in mv right hand and have almost lost the use thereof, you may
only exi)ect my mark to my letters and bills for the future.
The mark of Joh J. L. Laixe.
Seal : a hand between three crescents."
Mr. Job Lane died at MaUlen, 23 Aug., 1697, aged 77 years.
— Tombstone.
Will, signed Sept. 28, 1696, was presented for probate at Charles-
town, Oct. 21, 1697.
"I Job Lain of maiden In ye county of niiddlesex he in a comfortable
mesure of health, of sound mind and perfect memor)-, Trough God's goodness
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to me: not knowing how sune it may pleas God to take me out of this world,
doe make and ordain this my last will and Testament in manner and form fol-
lowing :
first and principally I commit my soule into the hands of almighty God, As
my father and deer Redemer : my body I commit to the Earth to be decently
buried at the discretion of my executor and friends : and as Touching the dis-
posing of all such temporall estate as it hath pleased God to bestow upon me I
give and dispose thereof as followeth : first, I will that my just debts and
funeral charges shall be paid and discharged. Itim I give unto my very
Loving wife Annah ten pounds pr yeer yeerly and eury yeer In currant money
of newingland to be paid her by my executor at her dweling hous so long as
she continueth a widdo and in my name : but If my wife seath cause to marry
again, then my will is that my executor shall pay her five pounds per year in
money during her natural life.
Itim, I give unto my sonn John Lain all The land I have in Ingland In
Yorksheer to him and his haires for ever : also I Give to my sonn John Lain
Half my farme that Is within the bounds of billereca, with my dwelling hous
he now lives in and outhousing and orchard and all ye upland he now im-
proves, the rest of his part of upland shall be in that part which lyeth west :
also baker's meddo and the delight meddo and the Swamp meddo at the
upperend of crooked meddo and the west side of crooked meddo until he come
to a point of upland that points over to a little Rocke Hand whare there is a
hoi like a well of water, and two acres of meddo further Reeching from side to
side of said meddo : and the rest of his part of meddo to be proportionally in
one meddo and in another, — all which I give to him «& his haires for ever.
Itim, I give to my daughter Sarahs sonn Samuel fich one quarter part of my
abouesaid farm at bilereca both meddo and upland with a dweling hous he
now liveth in and a field fenced in and a little orchard and the east side of
crooked meddo, and to the first dich neere the middle of the meddo, and so to
run down to farlowes meddo : And from ye dich at the lower end of his
orchard To baker's meddo & all the land eastward from his hous to the end of
my line. And the rest of his proportion both of meddo and upland he shall
have some in one place and sum in another. But if the said Samuel fich doe
dy and leave no issue of his one body, then my will is that all that estate which
I give him shall be equally divided to and amongst my surviving children, not-
withstanding his wife shall have the improvement of the one half of the estate
which I give him during her natural life : that lands which I give to Samuel
fich I give it to him and his haires forever.
Itim, I give to my daughter Jemimas sonn Matthew Whipple one quarter
part of my said farm at bilereca, part of his upland to ly at a place comonly
called the t'vo brothers, and to come to a gutter that comes out of flage meddo,
including flagge meddo and the Swamp meddo, to the two brothers: and the
north end of crooked meddo all of it that is not already disposed of, the rest
of his part both of upland and meddoe shall be where it may he most con-
venient for him : all which I give to him and his haires forever, but if the said
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mathew whipple doe dy and leave no issue of his body, then my will is that
all that estate which I give him shall be equally divided to and amongst my
surviving children : notwithstanding his wife if he leaveth any shall have the
improvement of the one half of that estate which I give him during her natural
life.
Itim, I give unto the children of my daughter Mary Euery one third part of
those two farms in maiden both housing, upland and meddo now in the pos-
session of John Chamberlain and Samuel Wait, and one quarter part of those
lots latly laid out to me one ye land formerly maiden common, to them and
their haires forever.
Itim, I give unto my daughter Elizabeth Euerj'S children one third part of
my two farms in maiden both housing, upland and meddo now in the pos-
session of John Chamberlain and Samuel .Wait, and one quarter part of all lots
lately laid out to me one the land formerly maiden common to them and their
haires forever.
Itim, I give unto the children of my daughter Annah Foster one third part
of those my two farms in Maiden both housing, upland and meddo now in the
possession of John Chamberlain and Samuel Wait, and one quarter part of all
those lots latly laid out to me one the land formerly maiden common to them
and their haires forever: further my will is that the fathers and mothers of
these children last mentioned shall have the Improvement of this there estate
untill they com to age and then ye said children to have there parts of said
estates as they come to age when ye sons are twenty years old and ye daughters
eighteen years of age.
Itim, I give unto my daughter dorety sprague the east end of my dweling
hous I now Hue In to the chimney from the bottom to ye top, with my mill and
all my land adjoining, and my salt marsh and land adjoining thereto to her &
her haires forever, and likewise the west end of my dwelling house I do give to
her after my wife leaveth it : and if my daughter dorety doe dy and leave no
issue of her body, then my will is that all that estate which I doe give her
shall be equally divided to and ampngst my surviving children, notwithstand-
ing her husband shall have the improvement of the one half of the estate
which I give her during his natural life.
Itim, I give unto my daughter Elizebeth Euery my best woosted Rugg and I
give to her daughter Elizebeth one of my best peutar plattars and to her
daughter Rachall one peutar platter.
Itim, I give to my son William Euerys daughter Mary one peutar plattar
and to his daughter Sarah one peutar platter. I have already giuen to my
daughter Elizebath Euery my bason In use.
Itim, I give to my daughter Anna foster one peutar platter.
Itim, I give to my daughter dorety my grate brass kittel she returning to her
mother the kittel she now hath. Also I give to my daughter Dority one
quarter part of my ....
Further my wull is that my loving wife shall have one half part of the re-
maining part of my moveable estate during her natural life and that she shall
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have the first choice when it is divided, and also my wife shall have all the
wood in my home pasture for her own fireing excepting sufficient shade trees
for cattle — the Rest of my moveable estate shall be divided equally amongst
the children of my daughters Mary Euery, Elizabeth Euery, and Annah Foster,
and also that part of estate which my wife leaveth at her deceas shall be equally
divided amongst those last mentioned children : further my will is that all
those my children and Grandchildren whom I have bequeathed my estate unto
shall be posest of the same according to this my last will within two months
after my deceas: further If my servant William Matthuwes continue a faithful
servant during his terme acording to his Indentury I give him a good Cow.
Lastly I doe make null and void all other wills made by me and I do publish
and declare this to be my last will. And I doe apoint & constitute my loving
son John Lain to be sole executor to this my last will. In Testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my hand & seal the Twenty Eighth of September, 1696.
Job Laine.
Signed & sealed in presence of
John Greenland, John Green, John Linds, Samuel Sprague.
Charlestown, Oct. 21, 1697. By the Honble James Russell Esq.
Deacon John Greenleaf, Capt. John Green, Mr. John Lynde & Mr. Samuel
Sprague pi'sonally appearing made oath that they were p^sonally present and saw
ye subscriber Job Lane dece sign and seal & heard him publish and declare the
aboue and within written to be his last Will and Testament and y' when he so
did he was of a disposing mind.
It is sworn to before me, Juratur Coram.
Ja Russell
Samll Phpps, Regr. — Mid. Co. Wills.
"Inventory of the Estate of Mr. Job Lane of Maiden in ye County of Middx.
in his Majts province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, yeoman, both
Real and personall, who deceased the 24th of August Anno Domini 1697.
Imps. To a ffarme of about twelve hundred Acres more or less in ye bounds
of ye Township of Billerica in said county, consisting of vpland Swamps and
medow lands with the fields, fences, orchard and buildings togather with about
sixty acres of medow land in Billerica bounds about one mile to ye eastward of
sd ffarme, altogether at
s d
To the homestedd of the sd Lane in Maiden aforsd viz one dwelling house,
barne, corn mill, stream, dams and ponds with twenty two acres of salt medow
below Lewis his bridge & one quarter part of his lotts in the comons of Maiden
at ;^225, CK>, 00.
To two ffarmes or tenements in ye townshipp of Maiden in the occupation of
Thos Waite & John Mudg togather with twenty acres of very good salt marsh
in Rumly Marsh near the sd ffarms and about eighty four acres of wood lotts
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in the Comons, in all two hundred and sixty one acres together with the hous-
ings and said tenements and fenced in for ye most part with good stone wale,
all disposed off in sd Mr. Lane's last will,—
To weering apparill and books,
To Arms and Amunition, .
To plate, ....
To goods in ye parlor.
To goods in ye Kitchin,
To goods in ye sellar,
To Carpenters tools & some other small tools,
To goods in ye East lower roome called ye bedroome
To goods in ye Middle Chamber,
To goods in ye East Chamber, ....
To goods in ye West Chamber,
To two horses and hors furniture &. pr of fetters,
To Hay, Horned-beasts and Swine, .
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2, lO, OO
5, OO, oo
6, oo, oo
13, 00, 00.
16, 00
3, 00, 00
12, 12, 00
10, 09, 00
7, 00, 00
4, 07, 00
;{;20i3, 04, 00
8, II, 00
16, 16, 00
Errors Excepted; sume totall is, ;^2038, 07, 00
Item, Ve lands in England given to Mr. John Lane in the will, ye value not
known. Sept. 22, 1697.
A Przed pr James Converse
John Greenland.
more of the above said estate :
Money at home ;^I2, 10, money out £^ & £^, in all,
The Above said estate indebted :
To Rates upon said estate, .....
Due to Job Lane, .......
To Funeral Charges, proueing ye will & prizing ye estate.
Debts, ......
;f{^20, 10, 00
• £1, 01, 05
07, 06
18, 06, 00
. /19, 14, II
—Afid. Co. Wills.
The estates of Job Lane in Maiden and Billerica have continued
largely with his descendants through the successive generations.
Moreover, from near the dates 1662 to 181 6 inclusive, or above
one hundred and fifty years, the Job Lane family received a yearly
rental from the English estates — an instance wholly unparalleled in
New England history.
24 Job Lane and Descendants.
Job Lane's first wife SARAH BOYCE, whom he married in Eng-
land, 1647, died at Maiden, Mass., 14th — 19th 3 mo., 1659. Mal-
den Record. He married again, 2d 7 mo., 1660, ANNA or HAN-
NAH REYNER, she b. about 1632, daughter of Rev. John and
(Boyse) Reyner. The Rev. John Reyner was a native of
Gildersome, Yorkshire, Eng., and pastor at Plymouth, Mass., 1635
to 1654, and at Dover, N. H., 1655, to his death, 20 Apr., 1669.
At Plymouth he was regarded as an able and godly man, of a meek
and humble spirit, sound in the truth and every way unreprovable
in his life and conversation. At Dover he was held in great esteem
by his parishioners. A sister Alice m. first, Southworth ;
second, became 2d wife of Gov. Wm. Bradford. A son John be-
came his father's colleague and successor in the pastorate at Dover.
A daughter Elizabeth m. her cousin Capt. Thomas Southworth of
Plymouth, Mass.
A letter addressed by Humphrey Rayner to his niece Hannah
Rayner, March r, 1651, refers to herself and brother Jachin Ray-
ner : "I desire that you and he may now in your youth call upon
one another as your father doth call upon you both, to know the
Lord God of your fathers as you have good means and helps so to
do, and it will be for your own comfort as well as ours especially
when Death comes or age if you live unto it. Our hopes and
prayers shall be unto God for the same."
Mrs. Hannah (Reyner) Lane was born in England, 1632, and
died at Maiden, 30 Ap., 1704, aged 72 years. — Tombsto7ie.
Here Lyelh Buried
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Aged 77 Years Died
August ye 23
1697
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Children of Job and Sarah (Boyse) Lane :
2. I. SAR.AH-, bap. Dorchester, Mass., 2S, 3, 1648, m. Samuel
Fitch.
3. II. Mary-, b. 1652, m. Willlam Ayery.
4. III. Elizabeth-, bap. Dorchester, Mass., 1655-6, m. Robert
Ayery.
IV. Rebekah-, b. Apr., 1658, bap. Dorchester 4th 5 mo., 1658.
Maiden records say "b. ?>b., 1658, d. 2 mo. 58 years."
Children of Job and Anna ( Reyner) Lane :
5. V. John-, b. May, 1661. Maiden record says "Oct., 1660."
He was bap. in Dorchester, i8th 6 mo., 1661, "being about a
([iiarter of a year old, by reason of their dwelling soe remote." m.
Susannah Whipple.
VI. Anna'-, b. i Sept., 1662, d. 28 Nov., 1662.
\'II. .\nna-, m. 7 Oct., 1680, by the Worshipful Humphrey
I) ma, Ksq., Jamus, son of Hopestill and .\Lary (Bates) Foster; he
1). Dorchester, 13 Apr., .1651, and d. 4 Oct., 1732. He had
])reviously m. 22 Sept., 1674, .Mary dau. of John Capen. Children
of Anna (Lane) Foster are remembered in her father's will. She
d. five days before her husband, 29 Sept., 1732, se. 67 years. A
child was :
I. Thankful^ b. Dorchester, Mass.
VIII. Jemima-, b. 19 .Aug., 1666, m. Maithew Whipple, son of
William and Mary (Bartholemew) Whipple of Ipswich, Mass., and
had :
I. Mijtthe7v, b. Ipswich, 20 Oct., 1685; inherited one fourth part of the
Winthrop purchase, 375 acres at the "two brothers.".
IX. Dorothy-, b. 24 July, 1669, m. 4 or 24 Noy., 1693,
Edward Spr.\gue, son of John and Lydia (Goffe) Sprague of
Maiden, Mass. "John Sprague Is Chose Scool-master for ye yeer
insuing To learn Children and youth to Read and wright and
Refmetick according to his best Skill." — Maiden Records^ Mar. 4,
1102.
Mrs. Dorothy (Lane) Sprague inherited the Coytmore mill in
Maiden. Her brother John Lane released to Edward Sprague,
26 Job Lane and Descendants.
Feb. 9, 1704-5, interest in estate of her father, "particularly to all
that corne-mill in Maiden now is possession of said Edward
Sprague, with all the fences, banks, ponds, dams, ditches, sluices,
runs, streams and water courses thereto belonging, with all and
euery the privileges thereto, within the townships of Maiden and
Charlestown."
"Here lyes entr'd
ye Body of Capt
Edward Sprague
who Decest ye
14 of April 1 715
Aged 52 years.
Here lyes Buried
ye Body of Mrs
Dorothy Sprague
ye widow of Cap.
Edward Sprague
Died March ye 29
1727 in ye 58th
year of her age." — Maiden tombstones.
They had children :
1. Williaui, b. 4 Sept., 1695.
2. Ann, b. 20 Mar., 1697.
3. Dorothy, b. 9 Sept., 1698.
X. Rebecca^, b. 6 April, 1674.
2.
SAMUEL FrrCH- (Zachariah'), was b. in Reading now Wake-
field, Mass., 6 ^Llr., 1645. His father Zachariah Fitch was a grantee
and freeman of Lynn, Mass., in 1638 ; removed to "Lynn Village,"
incorporated Reading, May 29, 1644, where he and sons Benja-
min- and Jeremiah^ were among the first settlers, where probably
he built the first house in Fitch Lane, resided on Fitch Hill and
was deacon of the First Church gathered Nov. 5, 1645.
"Upon the western slope or pitch,
There lived old Zachary Fitch;
His name he gave to hill and lane.
A name they both as yet retain."
— Lillev Eaton, iS^f.
Family Two. 27
Dea. Fitch d. 9 June, 1662, His will dated May 3, 1662, men-
tions, wife Mary, sons Joseph, Benjamin, John, Jeremiah, Thomas
and Samuel and daughter Sarah, who m. John Wesson of Salem,
Mass. His estate was appraised ;£43i, 7s., 6d.
Samuel Fitch'^, by his father's will, was to be assisted by his
brothers Joseph and Benjamin "to build a house on his lot on Bear
Hill, 27 by 18 feet with 12 -foot posts, and to clapboard and board
it, and break up his land or so much of it as can be done by the
time he becomes 22 years of age." He m. first, 23 Apr., 1673,
SARAH LANE; she bap. Dorchester, Mass., 28, 3, 1648, and d.
2 Oct:, 1679, dau. of Job and Sarah (Boyse) Lane. He m.
second, 26 July, 1681, Rebecca Merriam, and d. 6 July, 1684,
leaving son Samuel'\ to whom he gave, by will June 27, 1684, real
estate, and "on cow, the feather-bed that was his mother's, and the
green rug and on pair of Holland sheets and three of the biggest
j)euter platters." "If my brother Avery [Robert] doth take my
son Samuel and teach him to wright and the trade of a smith my
will is that he shall live with him till 20 years old." Estate ap-
praisal, ^{^235, 3d., IIS. Other children v/ere :
Job^y b. Nov., 1676, d. same day. Sarah^, d. 25 Mar., 1680.
I. Samuei.3, b. 4 May, 1674, received real and personal estate
by his father's will, June 27, 1684; inherited from his grandfather
Job Lane's will, Sept. 28, 1696, one quarter part of the Winthrop
purchase, 375 acres, "both meddo and upland with a dweling hous
he now liveth in." Here at "Brook Side," he became the head of
the Fitch family in Bedford. He was soldier in the company of
his uncle Major John Lane to Dunstable, Mass., in 1706, and first
town clerk of Bedford, 1729-31, 1733-37. Samuel Fitch was
chosen, Oct. 13, 1729, "to tacke cear of the Bond and the Deed,
for the Town, of the Training Field or common." He m. first, 20
.\Lir., 1696, Elizabeth Walker, and had eight children by her;
m. second, Eunice Taylor by whom he had one child and d. 4
Apr., 1742. His will was dated Nov. 13, 1741.
I. Benjamin*, b. 30 July, 1 703, bought the Michael Bacon mill on Shaw-
shine river; m. 28 Feb.," 1732, Miriam Gray of Andover, Mass., and d. 7
July, 1770. The homestead and mill descended to his son David*, a soldier
at Concord Fight, grandson David^ and great grandson Nathan^ the last of the
Fitch family to follow the business of millmg.
28 Job Lane and Descendants.
2. John'^, b. 12 Feb., 1707-8, who settled in Lunenburg, Mass., at its in-
corporation in 1728, where his family was captured by the Indians in 1749,
and who gave his name to Fitchburg, Mass., at its incorporation Feb. 3, 1764.
3. yeremiah*, succeeded his father on the homestead at Brookside; m.
Elizabeth Lane (John^"^, Job').
4. Dachariah^, b. 13 Feb., 1 712. The town paid "Sept. 15, 1 777, Zeeh.
Fitch, For hiering soldiers, 10 — o — O." He m. i Oct., 1733, Elizabeth
Grimes of Lexington, Mass., and located on the Pine Grove Farm in Bedford.
Fourteen children: Son William^, b. 19 Feb., 1735-6, was killed in the
French War. Daughter Elizabeth^, b. 6 Jan., 1 738, m. Samuel Lane*,
(John'^-^, Job'). Son Ebenezer^, b. 5 Aug., 1751, was sergeant of Bedford
minute men, April 19, 1775, and lieutenant in the second campaign of 1775.
The town, 1783, "voted to abate Ebenezer Fitch's rates for being in the
service in 1775." He removed to Rindge, N. H., in 1779.
3.
WILUAM AVERY2 (Williami), bap. at Barkham, England, 27
Oct., .1647, son of Dr. William and Margaret Avery who settled in
Dedham, Mass., about 1650. He was a blacksmith by trade and a
deacon in the church at Dedham; m. first, 21 Sept., 1673, MARY
LANE^, b. 1652, dau. of Job' and Sarah (Boyce) Lane, d. 11 Oct.,
1 68 1, cC. 29 years, her broken tombstone still standing in Dedham.
Dea. William Avery m. second, 29 Aug., 1682, ELIZABETH
WHITE who had five children and d. 3 Oct., 1690; m. third, 25
Aug., 1698, MEHITABLE, widow of Samuel WORDEN and dau.
of Gov. Thomas Hinckley by whom he had no children.
Children of Dea. William and Mary (Lane) Avery :
L Mary^, b. 21 Aug., 1674, is mentioned in her grandfather
Job Lane's will, m. 13 Oct., 1698, Eleazer Fisher.
IL Sarah^, b. 9 Oct., 1675, m. first, 24 Nov., 1696, Thomas
Metcalf; m. second, Dea. Joseph Wright of Dedham, and d. 28
June, 1748.
HL Capt. William^, b. 31 Mar., 1678, m. first, 26 June, 1700,
Esther Huntington who d. in Dedham, 13 May, 1750.
IV. Hannah^, b. 7 Jan., 1679-80, m. 15 Jan., 1700, Jonathan
Metcalf; he b. Dedham, 16 Mar., 1676. They removed to
Lebanon, Conn., and were the great, great, great, grandparents of
Edward H. Pardee, Esq., of New York City, a subscriber for the
Lane Genealogy. — Avery Genealogy.
Family Five. 29
4.
ROBERT AVERY2 (Williami), bap. at Barkham, England, 7
Dec, 1649, brother of Dea. William Avery who m. Mary Lane-
(Job^), settled in Dedham, Mass.
"Robert II son of Dr. William Avery of Dedham, b. about 1649,
m. ELIZABpyrH LANE, April 13, 1676. He d. Oct., 1722, in ye
73^^ year of his age. She d, Oct. 2, 1746, in ye 91st year of her
age, leaving five children, thirty grandchildren, fifty- two great-
grandchildren and two of the fifth generation." — Memorial in
K trig's Chafe/, Bostoji.
Their children were :
I. Elizabeth^, b. 21 Dec, 1677, is mentioned in her grand-
father Job Lane's will, m. 6 Aug., 1697, William Bullard of Ded-
ham and d. 28 Jan., 1746-7. He was b. 19 May, 1673, "^^^ ^' 9
Feb., 1746-7.
II. Rachel^, b. 7 Sept., 1679, is mentioned in Job Lane's will,
m. 14 May, 1702, Michael Dwight of Dedham, son of Capt.
Timothy and Ann (Flint) Dwight. She d. in 1775, se. 96 years.
III. Robert^, b. 28 Nov., 1681, was killed, 21 Aug., 1723, by a
falling tree.
IV. John"^ b. 26 Feb., 1683-4.
V. JoHN^, b. 4 Feb., 16S5-6, m. 23 Nov., 1710, Ruth Little,
dau. of Ephraim Little and great granddaughter of Richard War-
ren who came over in the Mayflower. He graduated at Harvard
College in 1706, was ordained the first minister of Truro, Mass.,
Nov., 171 1, and d. 25 Apr., 1754.
W. Jonathan-^, b, 20 Jan., 1694-5, m. i Feb., 172 1-2, Lydia
Healey.
VII. Abigail^, b. 8 May, 1697, m. 5 June, 1722, John Rich-
ards of Dedham.
5.
Major JOHN LANE'2 (Job^), 1661-1715, born Maiden,
Mass., May, 1661, was a leading citizen of Billerica, Mass., where
30 Job Laxe and Descendants.
he was rated Aug. 24, 1688, "i p'son & estate, 13s. 2d." the
highest tax on the list. He was made freeman April 18, 1690;
selectman 1 693/6-1 704, 'q, eleven years; committee to seat the
meeting house, 1694, and the same year a highway was laid out
from the "Concord Road" to his place; inherited by his father's
will Sept. 28, 1696, "all the lands I have in England in Yorkshire,
also one-half of my estate in Billerica," 750 acres of the Winthrop
Purchase ; received a letter from John Whipple his father-in-law to
which his wife's mother, E. Whipple, added a postscript; wrote to
his "loving kinsman," probably John Dickenson, England, Mar. 23,
1697-8, that his father had died 23 Aug., previous, and that the
bills in favor of Mrs. Frances Thompson were right.
John Lane and four other residents of Billerica petitioned the
Mass. General Court, Nov. 17, 1698, to preserve intact their
former grant of about sixty years since, against encroachments of
Concord and Chelmsford. He was representative, and with others
purchased real estate of S. Manning in 1702 ; with others who had
purchased lands in Billerica but were not original proprietors, he
appealed to the General Court, May 30, 1705, for a part in the
flivision of common lands. General Court, Nov. 16, 1705,
ordered : "That Capt. John Lane [and others] be entided to
have a proportionable share with other commoners, Proprietors
and Inhal)itants of s^ Town in all future divisions of undivided and
waste lands." Joseph D , wrote him from Gildersome, Eng-
land, Mar. 14, 1708, that one Sampson, an attorney, had claimed
the tithes on J. Lane's estate ; he sold real estate to E. Sprague,
June 4, 1708, and the same year was allotted 127 acres of land ;
with others he sold land to S. Manning, July 7, 1710.
Mr. Lane was an officer in the militia and very active in the
Indian alarms before and after 1700, respecting which many papers
have been preserved. In the history of these Indian wars, his
name comes into view as the leading military man in town. He
was Lieutenant in command of the Billerica troop in King Williams
war, 1693. Order addressed by Thomas Hinchman, Sergeant
Major, to Lieutenant John Lane of Billerica Aug. 23, 1693 : "To
Left. Jn° Lane of Billerica. By virtue of an order from the honor^'
L' Govern^ bearing date 22 Aug., 1693, these are in his Majisty's
Family Five. 31
name to require you forthwith to Tnipress eight troopers out of yo""
troop und"" yo"" Command, well appointed with arms and ammunition
for his Majistys service, four of which are to be daily Imployed as a
Scout about yo'' Town, especially towards the great swamp ; the
other foure you are also to send to me upon moon-day morning
Next : \'ou are also to send to me the names of all the sold" im-
prest who are to enter into sarvice on said moonday. Wreof you
may not fail. Given und"" my hand this 22 August, 1693.
Tro Hinch.max,
Sur. major."
— Lane Papers.
Billerica sustained a second Indian masacre Aug. 5, 1695, when
fifteen persons were killed or captured. ''The family of John
Levistone suffered most severely. His mother-in-law, and five
young children were killed and his eldest daughter captured." —
Farmer and Moore.
Lieut. Lane received this order from Maj. Jonathan Tyng of
Dunstable.
"Dunstable, August 14, 1696.
Capt. Lane.
Indian Enemy above Pick Pocket Mills at Exeter bending their
course Westward. From Andover also I have advise, also of two
men being murdered and scalped by the Indian Enemy. You are
required to order ye one half of your Troops to be in a readiness
always and at a minutes warning if possible with three days pro-
vision, so to go & give &c."
Again February 12, 1696-7 : "Having advice from the Lt.
Governor that at the Spring near approaching it may be expected
that the enemy will make fresh attacks both by sea and land, I do
therefore order that you make inquiry into the state of ye troopers
under your command, and see that every one of them be mounted
on a good serviceable horse for war, and furnished with a good,
well-fitted carbine besides pistolls, and to see that the whole troop
be in Readiness to pass upon duty : and in case of alarum upon
* * * Discovering the approach of the enemy by sea, you are
hereby ordered with the several Troopers under your command
32 Job Lane and Descendants.
forthwith to repair to the post or place within your county where
the Alarum is first given, there to receive and attend to further
orders, etc." Jonathan Tvng, maj^"
— Lane Papers.
Lt. John Lane had acted on a committee to build a bridge over
Concord river and received compensation for his service from the
Court of Sessions, Mar. 20, 1699. He was commissioned Captain
of the Billerica Troops by Richard Earl of Bellomont, Oct. 4,
1699.
Queen Anne's War is seen approaching in the order from Maj.
Tyng to Capt. John Lane, Apr. 22, 1702, requiring him "forthwith
to take effectual care that there be strict execution of the Act for
regulating of ye Malitia & especially to inspect the forces and men
duly provided with arms and ammunition."
Order from Major Tyng to Capt. Lane, June 23, 1702. His
command to be "under necessary precaution against Indian
surprise, and to send me with all possible speed a true list of the
names of your officers and private soldiers in the Troop under
your command. I also pray that your self «S: your Comsion offi-
cers give me a meeting at Concord to meet the next day after Con-
cord Court meet by adjournment." — Lane Papers.
Gov. Joseph Dudley in the following letter, evidently knows
personally and puts great confidence in Capt. John Lane, who is
acting as a regimental officer.
"Cambridge, 5, Nov., 1702.
Sir :
I desire you with two of your troops to repayr to the towns
of Marlboro', Lancaster, Groten, Chelmsford and Dunstable, and
there deliver severally the letters given you, and encourage the
officers in their duty, agreeable to the several Directions. Vou are
also to labor by all means, to speak with Wotanummon and the
Penacooke men, and to assure them of the friendship with the
Gouernor and all the English ; but that we are fearful the french
Indians will be amongst them soon and do mischief to the English,
and that therefore we must have our scouts out, and if they will
come anti reside in any proper place near the English, they shall
Family P'ive. 33
be welcome ; if their hunting will not allow that, they must keep a
good Distance from the English towns, and send one man only to
Colonel Tyng when they would speak with me, and they shall be
welcome at all times, and I will never depart from my friendship to
them if they will continue friends. Let the officers in the several
towns use all prudence not to make the first breach, and let me
hear from them on every ocation." — Lane Papers.
Another Order from Col. Jonathan Tyng to Capt. John Lane,
Sept. 3, 1703.
**'! hese are to order you forthwith to give out your warrant to
your soldiers in Chelmsford to watch. Two in a night and the day
following, at the wading place at ^Vamesit ; and to continue in that
service till they have gone Round. The soldiers are to keep at the
said wading place till they are relieved, as the custom hath been by
Capt. Bower's men." — Lane Papers.
Capt Lane's command with twelve Billerica soldiers went to the
defense of Lancaster when attacked, July 31, 1704. He has pre-
served some names for us : Samuel Hill coporal, John Needham
clerk, Ralph Hill, John Farmer, Samuel Hunt, Andrew Richard-
son, Thomas Ross, Stephen Richardson. Others were sent Aug.
4, 1704, with two days' provisions to reinforce Major Taylor.
He led twenty soldiers to Groton, Dunstable and Dracut, Aug.
II to 13, 1704. He led twenty-nine troopers, two days with
sustenance, to relieve Dunstable, July 4, 1706. *'A list of the
names of the troopers which served under my Command to
the relief of Dunstable July the fourth seventeen hundred and
six. Being 29 men two days with 'their subsistence." [Six of
the twenty-nine men were from the Bedford side of ancient
Billerica. Viz. : Samuel Fitch, Josiah Bacon, Nathaniel Page,
Nathaniel Bacon, Benjamin Bacon, Josiah Fassett.] "Anno 1708.
Muster Roll of the Company in Her Majesties service under the
command of John Lane Captain, viz. of a troop subsisting 36 and
19 men. These nineteen last named were sent out by Order from
his Excelency, August ye fourth 1704 with ten days provision, and
marched to Lancaster to in force Major Taylor &c." Among the
fifteen scouts that "went the rouns with Mager Lane" in 1706, were
his sons Job Lane and John Lane.
34 Job Lane and Descendants.
Twenty-six Billerica soldiers each gave the following receipt :
"Bilracy, September i8, 1708. Reseved of Capt. John Lane
the sum of eight pounds, three shillings and six pence ; i say re-
seved by me for the solgers that bilary unto Chelmsford and Groton.
James Button and others."
Capt. John Lane received his commission as Major in the West
Regiment of Horse and Foot from Gov. Joseph Dudley June 23,
17 1 1. He is also said to have been Colonel of Massachusetts
MiHtia and died in military service. — Society of Colonial Wars.
Major John Lane m. 20 Mar., 1681-2^ at Salem, Mass., before
Bartholemew Gidney, Esq., SUSANNA WHIPPLE, dau. of Capt.
John Whipple and his first wife Martha, dau. of Humphrey and
Mary Reynor of Ipswich, Mass. Major and Mrs. Lane were second
cousins. She d. 4 Aug., 1713, ae. about 51 years. He d. 17 Jan.,
1714-15-
Copy : "Received of Mr. Job Lane of Billerica y^ sum of ten
pounds, at twice, for Gloves for y^ funeral of his father. I say re-
ceived by me. Benj. Fitch.
Boston, June 24, 1715."
The Lanes had an inherent love for martial life and were military
men. Bedford early recognized the services of the following
officers and soldiers :
1675, King Philips War, Job' Lane.
1688 to 1698, King Williams War, Lieut. John Lane^.
1 703-1 7 1 3, Queen Anne's War, Capt. Major John Lane^, Job
Lane^.
1 745-1 748, Lieut. John Lane.
1 775-1 783, War of Independence. Capt. John Moore's Bedford
Militia Co., Apr. 19, 1775 : David Lane fifer, James Lane, Jr.,
Samuel Lane, Ziba Lane, John Lane, Samuel Lane, Jr., John Lane,
Jr., Solomon Lane, Stephen Lane, Job Lane, wounded at Concord.
In the Continental army. Job Lane, Timothy Lane.
1807-181 2, Last War, Capt. Lane.
Maj. John Lane of Billerica, gentleman, died intestate. His
sons Job Lane and John Lane were admitted to administer on his
estate and gave bond accordingly, Feb. 4, 1714-15. The estate
Family Five. 35
was appraised Feb. 15, 17 15, and the inventory was exhibited June
24, 1715-
''Real estate, ^1197, 12, o
Personal estate, 266, 16, 5
Total, 1464, 8, 5
Exclusive of rents in England."
Mr. Lane had received the annual income of the English estates
in goods to his order from John Dickenson through John Love and
Metcalf, merchants in lx)ndon, shipped to Henry Bearing a trad-
ing house in Boston. The English law of primogeniture was not
transferred to America. New England adopted the older common-
law and all the children shared alike, except that the elder son had
a double portion. The heirs settled the estate among themselves,
Mar. 26, 171S, and the division was approved, July 2, 17 18.
*'To Job Lane the homestead that was his father's, 166 acres &c.
To John Lane 130 acres &c.
To James Lane 208 acres Sic.
To Nathaniel Page 28 acres &c.
To John Whitmore 28 acres, also 65 acres &c.
To James Minot 210 pounds.
Note : Whereas it not being specified in the writing for Each of
us to have an equil share in the estate in england, we doe all
mutually agree to it »Sc for the Eldest son his double part.
Signed &: Sealed March 26, 17 18."
When the inhabitants of the Winthrop Farms petitioned in 1725
for a separate parish, they were not successful at first, but were
soon incorporated as the town of Bedford, Sept. 23, 1729. At the
first town meeting Oct. 6, 1729, the family of Col. John Lane was
represented in office by his nephew Samuel Fitch, town clerk and
selectman, by his son-in-law Nathaniel Page, selectman, his son Job
Lane, surveyor, and his son John Lane, sealer of weights and meas-
ures. Many oaks from the Winthrop- Lane farm were sacrificed to
build the strong frame of the first meeting house in 1730, and the
worm-eaten timbers may now be seen in the second house. The
36 Job Lane and Descendants.
oak standing in 1899 at the corner of Concord and Billerica streets
in Bedford is called the Winthrop Oak.
Children of John and Susanna (Whipple) Lane, five sons and
four daughters :
6. L Susanna^, b. 24 Jan., 1682-3, m. Nathaniel Page, Jr.
IL JoB^, b. 19 Nov., 1684, d. 7 Feb., 1684-5.
7. IIL Mary-"^, b. 15 May, 1686, m. John Whitmore.
IV. Jemima^, b. 27 June, 1688, d. 10 July, 1688.
8. V. JoB^, b. 22 June, 1689, m. Martha Ruggles and Mary
Wellington.
9. VL JoHN^, b. 20 Oct., 1 69 1, m. Katherine Whiting and
Hannah Abbott.
VIL Martha^, b. i Oct., 1694, m. 14 Nov., 17 16, Hon. James
Minot^ (James^, John'\ George-, Thomas^), of Concord, Mass.,
and d. 18 Jan., 1735, ?e. 41 years. He received property in the
division of John Lane's estate, 1718, was schoolmaster, military
officer above 30 years, justice of the peace; selectman, 1727-8,
35-'6, 40, '7, '9; representative, 1733, '^> 4i-'4 j member of the
King's council, and d. at Concord, 6 Feb., 1759, ae. 64 years.
Children :
I. John. 2. Rebecca^ b. 15 May, 1720, d. 8 Oct., 1761. 3. James.
"M"" Benj^ Prescott Jun"" of Salem & Mr^ Rebecca Minot of Con-
cord, July 4, I 74 1." — Publishments, Sa/ejfi, Mass.
They were m. 12 Aug., 1741.
Rev. Benjamin Prescott, Jr., of Salem Village, b. 29 Jan., 1717, d.
18 Aug., 1778, graduated Harvard College, 1736, resided Salem
and had eight children, of whom Rebecca, b. 20 May, 1742, d. 19
April, 18 13, m. Hon. Roger Sherman of New Haven, Conn.; he
b. at Newton, Mass., d. in New Haven, Conn., 23 July, 1793.
10. MIL James^, b. 12 Aug., 1696, m. Martha Minot,
Charity Wellington, Abigail Farnum and Abigail Merriam.
IX. Joseph'^ b. 18 f>b., 1698-9, and d. before 17 15.
Family Six. 37
6.
NATHANIEL PAGE, Jr.^, b. in England, 1679, m. first 6
Nov., 1 701, SUSANNA LAXF2, dau. of Col. John and Susanna
(Whipple) Lane; she b. in Billerica, Mass., 24 Feb., 1682-3, ^^^
d. 2 Sept., 1746, ?e. 63 years. He m. second, ^L\RV GRIMES
and d. 2 Mar., 1755, cC. 75 years.
Nathaniel Page, Senior^, came from England in 1684 ; was a
citizen of Roxbury, Mass., 1686, and early appointed by Gov.
Joseph Dudley, sheriff or marshal of Suffolk Co. ; purchased the
Grimes estate of 500 acres at Shawshine in Billerica, now Bedford,
Mass., in 1687, a part of a grant from ihe Colonial Court to Ed-
ward Oaks and sold by him, in 1661. The house Nathaniel Page^
built has sheltered eight generations of the family and name, in-
cluding many brave warriors and prominent men of the town. The
spirit of patriotism was cradled in that dwelling as in but few
others. For fully two centuries it has preserved in it a colonial
banner, originally designed in England and early accepted as a
standard of the organized militia of Massachusetts. Its design
represents an extended arm incased in mail, grasping a sword, and
the motto in Latin, "Conquer or die." In 1885 this most precious
relic was presented to the custody of the trustees of Bedford Free
Public Library.
Nathaniel Page, Senior, d. 12 Apr., 1692. Had wife Joanna
Nathaniel Page, Jr.-, succeeded his father on the Bedford home-
stead. He also received a patrimony of 28 acres from the estate
of John Lane his father-in-law. He was one of Major John Lane's
troopers in 1706, and trumpeter in Queen Anne's war, 1703-17 13.
Children of Nathaniel and Susanna (Lane) Page :
L Nathaniel'-^, b. 4 Sept., 1702. Cornet Nathaniel Page was
credited, Jan. 20, 1730, with ''gift of money to incouragement for
the town" of Bedford in the year 1729; was chosen selectman at
Bedford's first town meeting, Sept. 26, 1729, a "foundation mem-
ber" of the Bedford church, July 15, 1730, his pew was in the
front on the east end of the great door in the meeting house, paid
38 Job Lane and Descendants.
^88.00, Oct. 15, 1734. He m. Hannah Blanchard, who d. in
1763. He d. 6 Apr., 1779, ae. 76 years.
"Death from all death has set us free,
And will our gain forever be;
Death loosed the rusty chain of woe,
To let the mournful captives free."
Their son Thomas^, b. 5 May, 1733, m. l Jan., 1756, Anna Merrlam, who
d. 10 July, 1810, and gave by will to the church in Bedford a silver flagon
that cost $140.00, and also the foundation ot the Page and Hartwell Fund.
Another son IVilliam*, b. 19 Feb., 1737-8, soldier in Capt. John Moore's Co.
of militia at the Concord fight, Apr. 19, 1775, gave the first hearse to the town
of Bedford and made other public bequests. Another son David*, b, 4 Apr.,
1740, was known as "King David" because of his lordly manner and cus-
tomary continental costume.
n. JoHN^, b. II Oct., 1704, had three wives, Rebecca Wheeler,
Amittai Fasseit, Rachel Fhch, and d. 18 Feb., 1782. He was a
man of great stature and physical strength, held a commission as
cornet, from Jonathan Belcher, provincial governor, 1737, and in
the Lexington Fight aided in capturing six regulars. He was also
at the battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775.
\i\s son Eheneze}-*,h. 2, June, 1737, m. 21 Feb., 1760, Dorothy (Pollard)
Fassett and their daughter Anna^, b. 29 Sept., 1760, m. Benjamin Lane*,
(John"*, Job^, John^, Job'). Another son Timothy*, b. ii June, 1 741, m.
Margaret Wellington, served in the war of Independence from the opening
scene at Concord Fight until his death at the battle of White Plains, N. Y.,
Oct. 28, 1776. Another son Xathaniel*, b. 20 June, 1742, was an energetic
patriot and color-bearer of the Bedford minute men in 1775. He m. 10 Dec,
1774, Sarah Broiun, she b. 24 Mar., 1747, and d. 22 Aug., 1839. A mes-
senger sent out by Paul Revere alarmed the family in the night of April 18,
1775. Leaving his young wife and babe of a few hours. Cornet Page bore the
colonial emlilem that had l)een carried by his ancestors in former wars, at the
head of the Bedford minute men, through the heat and struggle of the memor-
able Fight. Apr. 19, 1775. He d. 31 July, 1819. The color-bearer's daughter
Ruhamah^, b. i May, 1788, m. Jonathan Lane®, (Jonathan*, John*, Job^, John',
Job').
HL Christopher^, b. 16 July, 1707, "foundation member" of
the Bedford church, July 15, 1730. He was sergeant with Thomp-
son Maxwell in an expedition eastward, 1758, in the last French
and Indian war of 1754 to 1763. He m. Susan (Whitmore) Web-
ber and d, 11 Nov., 1786. She d. 20 July, 1796. Several children
d. of "throat distemper."
"^Larch 26, 1754, Lucy Page, aged 2 years.
NLarch 28, 1754, Susanna Page, aged 3 yrs., 2 ms., 20 dys.
Apr. 7, 1754, John Page, aged 5 yrs., 10 ms., 7 dys."
Family Seven. 39
Son Christopher^, b. 29 Oct., 1743, m. 21 Feb., 1760, Dorothy (Fassett)
Pollard, and second, Stisannah Simonds. He was sergeant in the Bedford
militia, Concord Fight, Apr. 19, 1775, lieutenant 1779, captain 17S0, and his
name is seen in various campaigns until the close of the struggle for Inde-
pendence. Town records: "March ye 7th 1777. To Christopher Page
Jnr. For Sarveces making Rates, o — 6 — 8. Feb. 13, 1778. To Christopher
Page Jnr. hireing soldiers, 11 — 13 — o." He led a large company against
Shay's Rebellion 1786, and the town voted in the following year "to pay each
man who went to Concord and Stow to join General Lincoln six shillings per
day."
IV. SusAXXA^, b. 29 .\pr., 171 1, m. Samuel Bridge of Lexing-
ton, Mass., who d. in 1S36.
V. Joanxa'^, b. 29 Oct., 1 7 14, m. Josiah Fassett, tithingman,
T 729-30, "foundation member" of the Bedford church July 15,
1730, ensign in an expedition to the eastward, French and In(Han
war of 1754 to 1763. Capt. Fassett d. 18 Feb., 1740. Their
daughter Susanna m. Job Lane^, (Job'', John-, Job').
7.
JOHN WHITMORF;', of iMedford, Mass., m. MARV LANF^,
(John-, Job'); she b. in Billerica 15 May, 1686. He was b. 27
Aug., 1683, son of Dea. John- and Rachel (Eliot) Whitmore and
grandson of Francis and Isabel (Parker) Whitmore, an early
settler of Cambridge, Mass. Mr. Whitmore received real estate in
the division of John Lane's estate, 17 18. — W. H. Whitmore.
Bedford, Jan. 20, 1730, he was "credited with gifts of money to
incouragement for the town in the year 1729." He was town clerk
of Bedford 1746-48.
The distinguished heroism of Mary Lane is related in the follow-
ing story told by Leander Hosmer her grandson. During a period
of Indian alarm in Queen Anne's war, the Lane family was left in
the garrison with only one soldier on guard. A certain stump of
a tree excited the suspicion of Mary Lane as she looked out of the
window in the roof and she called upon the guard to shoot it.
But he declined to do it and laughed at her apprehensions. At
length she told him that if he would not shoot, she should take the
4:0 Job Lane and Descendants.
gun and open fire herself. She then seized the gun and dis-
charged it ; and she saw the stump roll into sight, a dead Indian !
Mr. Whitmore d. 26 Mar., 1753. Mrs. Whitmore d. 27 Mar.,
1783, ae. 96 years.
They had six children :
I. Mary"^, b. 17 July, 1707.
II. Susantsta'*, b. 25 Nov., 1708, m. first, 6 Sept., 1727, Benja-
min Webber and had,
1. Susanna, b. 21 Mar., 1728, d. 2 Apr., 1743.
2. Martha, b. 2 Aug., 1729, m, John Hosnier of Medford, Mass.
3. Benjamin, b. 14 Feb., 1 731.
4. John, b, 25 Nov., 1732, m. Sarah Fassett and Susanna (Symonds)
Page.
]\Irs. Susanna (\\'hitmore) Webber m. second, Christopher Page,
son of Nathaniel and Susanna (Lane) Page,
III. John'*, b. 15 Apr., 1711, m. Martha Lane"*, (Job^, John-,
Job') and d. 5 Oct., 1748.
IV. Francis'*, b. 4 Oct., 1714, d. 7 xApr., 1794 ; m. i Jan., 1739,
Mary Hale, b. 17 12, d. 21 Oct., 1791 ; ancestors of Hon. William
H. Whitmore of Boston, Mass.
V. Martha'', b. 22 Apr., 17 16, m. John Skinner.
VL William'*, b. 19 Dec, 1725, m. i Oct., 1747, Mary Brooks
and d. 10 Mar., 1760.
8.
Dea. job LANE^ (John^, Job'), 1689-1 762, was b. in Billerica,
Mass., and lived on the old homestead. He was on the ''Indian
scout that went the rouns with Mager Lane," his father, in 1706;
was commissioned Lieutenant of Troops, by Gov. William Dum-
mer, Apr. 16, 1734 ; was appointed by the inhabitants of Winthrop
Farm, in 1725, to the General Court, to obtain for them the
regular enjoyment of public worship ; selectman of Billerica, 1726,
1727, where he was connected with the church; was chosen
surveyor at the first town meeting in Bedford, Oct. 6, 1729 ; was
credited Jan. 20, 1730, for subscription in money toward building
Family Eight. 41
the meeting house in 1729; original member of the church at its
organization, July 15, 1730; received ''pue on the north side of
the meeting house goyning to the menistral pue," Oct. 18, 1734;
elected deacon, Feb. 9, 1737-8 and retained the ofifice until his
death, 9 Aug., 1762.
With wife Martha he and others sold real estate to J- Winslow,
Apr. 30, 1 719, to W. Merriam, Apr. 12, 1720, to S. Woodbridge
and others, Sept. 23, 1725.
Together they signed an agreement among the heirs of Capt.
Samuel Ruggles of Roxbury, Mass., Mar. 17, 1724-5, and
])etitioned that the estate be divided, Oct. i, 1730. He and others,
heirs of the late Samuel Ruggles, petitioned, June 20, 1748, for a
division of land in Hardwick, Mass., i-io belonging to Job Lane
in the right of his wife Martha, deceased.
Probably he was the Job Lane, grantor of real estate to T.
Sprague, Jan. 20, 1730, to , June 21, 1746, to J. Lane, Dec.
26, 1748, to C. Paige, Feb. 7, 1749, to N. Bowes, NLay 3, 1756'
to B. Kidder, May 29, 1758. He was probably grantee, Oct. 21,
1737, June 21, 1746.
Job Lane and Mary Lane his wife and John Lane, Esq., and
others, all of Bedford and Billerica, sold to Josiah Richardson for
61 — 10 — o, Feb. 23, 1749, two tracts of land in Lancaster, Co.
of Worcester, containing by estimation about 205 acres — said land
was laid out on the Right of John Whiting late of said Lancaster,
as recorded in Lancaster Town Book of records, Nov. 20, 1723.
Bedford Tax List, North Part, 1748, contained the following
Lane names : Dea. Job Lane, Col. John Lane, Capt. James Lane,
John Lane, Jr., Job Lane, Jr., John Lane, 3d, Timothy Lane.
The "English Right" was of great assistance to the beneficiaries
for several generations. A fragmentary correspondence, consist-
ing of scores of letters, orders and bills passed between the English
cwstodians and Job Lane, is among the interesting papers treasured
in Bedford. The annual remittance was sometimes made in
merchandise at the request of the owners. Dress goods were often
ordered and received. Some Bedford ladies appeared on im-
portant occasions attired in English gowns. The arrival of the
large leather covered trunks were events of great interest. The
42 Job Lane and Descendants.
legal claimants became very numerous, and the town did not fail to
tax the annuities. During the Revolution the income was not
received, but after peace was declared, the full amount came in
one remittance. — A. E. Bronni.
The Lane brothers Job and John received a bond from John
Love and Mr. Metcalf, Feb. 17, 1717, and the English rents hence-
forth were distributed among the heirs under the style of Job and
John Lane.
Order: "May 2, 1721. St. Stephen, Sende 6 large quarto
bibles."
Copy : "To Job and John Lane.
London, July 24, 1723.
Lane Gentlemen, —
I have received your letter by Capt. Osborne, date 3d May, with
one enclosed for Wm. Dickinson which I immediately forward to
him, and as soon as he sends me your money I shall forthwith
make return in such goods as you have ordered, directing them to
Mr. Henry Deering of Boston.
with the tender of due respects, I remain gentlemen
your ready servant,
St Stevens."
Tax : "1744. Voted not to abate the Rates that the Lanes and
Pages, gentlemen, were assessed for their income from England."
Bill: "July 26, 1748. Zach. Ilourryan Sends Matthew Henry's
Exposition on ye Bible, 5 and 6 vols."
Letter: Dated "London Mar. 20, 1754, to Job & John Lane,
expresses regret that the Bibles did not suit." One of these Bibles
has been placed by Miss Sarah Chandler of Lexington in the care
of the Historical Society of Bedford.
Rate: "Feb. 23, 1756. Widow French's rates abated for in-
come at England."
The early assignees of money and goods in America died, but
the style of Job and John Lane was continued.
Notice : "List of Letters remaining in the Post Ofifice at Salem,
January 6, 1784. Jobe & John Lane, Bever, 2."
Family Eight. 43
Order for goods : ''Bedford, September the i6, 1785. Mr. Lane,
this is to Inform you what Articles I am Desirous to send to Eng-
land for.
Art. Fr^' one Pice of Chents for one gound, Very Dark.
Art. 2^^ one Pice of Sattain for one Cloak.
Art. 3^^ One half Pice of Base.
Art. 4^^ one yard & three-quarters of Scarlet Brod Cloth.
Art. 5'^ one Silk Handkerchief.
Art. 6'^ the Rest in fine Linnen.
In So Doing you will oblige,
Chrvt. Page."
Job Lane, Jr'., gave power of attorney to U'illiam Dickenson,
1 79 1, to collect rents in England. The house and barn at (lilder-
some were burned in 1792, and again in 1795.
Dea. Job Lane m. first, 1 7 Dec, 1713, ^L\R'^HA RUGOLES,
dau. of Capt. Samuel and Martha (Woodbury) Ruggles and sister
of Rev. Samuel Ruggles of Billerica ; she of Roxbury, Mass., b. i
Feb., 1 791-2, d. 14 Sept., 1740, in the 49th year of her age; m.
second, MRS. >L\RV \\'ELI.I\(rrOX, whom he mentions in a
will, Feb. 15, 1753, and who died 11 Dec, 1783. The will also
mentions sons Job, John, Timothy and Benjamin, and daus. ^L^rtha
Adams, Mary Hill and Lucy Lane.
Dea. Job Lane d. 9 Aug., 1762, in the 74th year of his age.
His last will was signed Aug. i, 1762, and presented for probate,
Oct. 25, 1762. Bequests were made to wife, to sons Job, John
and Timothy, to daus. Martha Adams, Mary Hill and Lucy Stearns,
and to grandson John Lane. *'My Income from England which
shall be Due at my Decease, I would have equally divided between
all my children." The three sons Job Lane, John Lane and
Timothy Lane were named as executors, who gave bond Oct. 25,
1762. The estate was settled, Feb. i, 1763, and return made,
Sept. 14, 1763.
The will of Mary Lane of Bedford, widow, was dated, Oct. 3,
1782, and presented for probate. Mar. 4, 1784. Bequests to
daughter Mary Lane, to sons Oliver Lane, James Lane, Solomon
Lane, David Lane and Isaac Lane ; grandsons Oliver Lane and
4:4 Job Lane and Descendants.
James Lane were named sole executors. Inventory ordered Mar.
II, taken Apr. 6, lodged Apr. 14, exhibited May 5, 1784.
Children of Dea. Job and Martha Ruggles Lane :
L Martha'*, b. 22 June, 17 16, m. first, 30 Dec, 1736, John
Whitmore; he b. 15 Apr., 181 1, son of John and Mary (Lane^)
Whitmore (John-, Job^). He was town treasurer 1743, and town
clerk of Bedford, 1746 to his death, 5 Oct., 1748, ae. 37 years.
Mrs. Whitmore m. second, 10 Dec, 1751, Nathaniel Adams of
Worcester, Mass. Children of John and Martha (Lane) Whitmore
died of the Throat Distemper :
I. John, b. 23 Oct., 1737, d. 29 Aug., 1743, ce. 5 yrs., 10 ms., 7 dys.
2. IVilliam, b. 17 Mar., 1738-9, d. ii Sept., 1745, x. 4 yrs., 5 ms., 24 dys.
3. Ehenezer, b i Jan., 1740-1, d. 2 Aug., 1743, x. 2 yrs., 7 ms., 23 ds. 4.
Martha, b. 30 Sept., 1742, d. 17 Apr., 1750, ?e. 7 yrs., 6 ms., 18 dys. 5.
Mary, b. 2 May, 1 744. 6. /-«n', b. 8 Nov., 1745, d. 16 Feb., 1750, k. 4
yrs., 3 ms., 8 ds. 7. Siisatuia, b. 16 July, 1747, d. 4 Mar., 1750, x. 2 yrs.,
6 ms., 18 ds. 8. John, b. 13 June, 1749, d. 21 Feb., 1750, x-. 8 ms., 8 ds.
11. IL JoB^, b. 27 Sept., 1 7 18, m. Susanna Fasseit and
Elizabeth Stickney.
12. III. John'*, b. 2 Oct., 1720, m. Ruth Bowman and Sarah
HiLDRETH.
13. IV. Timothy'*, b. lo July, 1722, m. Lydia Davis.
14. V. Mary'*, b. 24 Feb., 1724-5, m. Jonathan Hill.
VI. Whipple"*, b. 15 Sept., 1727, d. 4 Oct., 1728, as. i yr., i
mo.
VII. Benjamin-*, b. 29 Aug., 1729, d. 25 Jan., 1754, in the 25th
year of his age.
VIII. Lucy^, b. 3 May, 1732, m. 20 Dec, 1759, Capt. Elijah
Stearns-'' (Isaac^--', John-, Isaac*), b. Billerica, 1735, settled in Rut-
land, Mass., and d. 3 Oct., 1801. She d. 4 Aug., 1793. Their
son.
I. Capt. Josiah, b. i8 June, 1769, m. 28 Jan., 1795, Ruth Hunt of Milton,
N. H., and settled in Leominister, Mass.
IX. Hannah"*, twin, b. 22 Sept., 1733, d. 27 Dec, 1733, ae. 3
ms., 5 ds.
Family Nine. 45
X. Sarah"', twin, b. 22 Sept., 1733, d. 4 Oct., 1733, ^-12 ds.
XI. Anna^, b. 31 Aug., 1735, d. 8 Sept., 1735.
9.
JOHN LANE^ (John-, Job'), 1691-1763, was born in Billerica,
Mass., 20 Oct., 1 69 1. He settled on the ^Vinthrop Farm and
probably built the house taken down about 1850, of four inch oak
walls and flooring; was member of a scout that "went the rouns
with Mager Lane", his father, in 1706 ; was commissioned to suc-
ceed his father as captain in 1 7 1 1 and later as major by Gov.
Joseph Dudley, and was styled "colonel" by courtesy.
Capt. John Lane gave a bond to his cousin Matthew Whipple of
Ipswich, Mass., Sept. 9, 17 14; was grantee in the transfer of real
estate from R. Hill, Feb. 25, 1724, from B. Farley, Feb. 25, 1724,
from others, Apr. 9, 1728, Nov. 5, 1730, Nov. 10, 1741, Apr. 16,
1750, Nov. 30, 1757, and grantor to ^^. Whipple, Jan. 7, 171 7,
to others, Aug. 29, 1720, Apr. 9, 1728, to E. Chearnly, June 23,
1729, to W. Bulfinch, Aug. i, 1737, to J. Danforth, Apr. 16, 1750,
to J. Lane, Jr., Oct. 10, 1763.
John Lane, Esq., of Bedford, Job Lane and Mary Lane his wife,
and others conveyed to Josiah Richardson for 61 pounds, 10 shil-
lings, Feb. 23, 1749, 205 acres of land in Lancaster, laid out to
the right of Mr. John Whiting late of Lancaster, and recorded in
Lancaster town book, Nov. 20, 1723. John Lane and others quit
claim to Joseph Wilder, Jr., for 13 pounds, 15 shillings, Apr. 4,
1749, all right to common land in Lancaster belonging to the Right
of Rev. John Whiting, Jan. 7, 1740. With others he quit claim in
favor of Joseph Wilder, Jr., Apr. 4, 1749, for 15 pounds in good
and payable money, all right to 200 acres of common land, it being
that granted to Rev. Mr. John Whiting of Lancaster, Apr. 14,
1 74 1. — Jl'or. Co. Deeds.
Capt. John Lane was chosen sealer of weights and measures at
the first town meeting in Bedford, Oct. 6, 1729 ; was credited with
46 Job Lane and Descendants.
subscription of money in the year 1729, toward erecting the meet-
ing house and other expenses of incorporation, Jan. 20, 1730;
was connected with the church in Bill erica and a "foundation
member" of the church in Bedford at its organization, July 15,
1730.
''Oct. ye 18, 1734. Capt. John Lane's pue is on the south side
of the meeting house next west from the south door goying to
Thomas Woolleys pue."
Dec. 17, 1739. "Major John Lane chosen for service of Deer
reeve, sworn to the faithful discharge of the trust."
He was allowed to work out his rate on the way between his
house and the County Road, 1745 ; was taxed in the north part of
Bedford, 1748.
"Colonel" Lane was a man of great influence in Bedford, promi-
nent in military affairs and had slaves in the early wars, but had
freed them before the war of Independence.
Died Aug. 3, 1749, "Domire a negro boy who belonged to Mr.
John Lane." Baptized "Torrey, a negro man, January ye 12,
1 75 1-2." Copy: "To Mr. Harrison gray, treasurer for the prov-
ince of Massachusetts bay. Sir, be pleased to give Mr. Moses
Abbott the bearer hereof, all the wages that is due me for my
negro man torrey more, being in the county service in the year
1757, under capt^ peaser till he goot to the easel and then went
to Crown point under capt. elinglesh, or give me an order to Mr.
Moses abbott consteble of bedford, and this receipt shall be your
discharge, and you will oblige your humble servant.
John Lane."
Col. Lane was assessed in 1761, for his "negro man's ministers
rate, 2s, 6d."
Copy: "March ye 23, 1761. Col. John Lane gave a bond to
Stephen Davis, Town Treasurer, to save and indemnify the town
of Bedford from any charge that may arise by reason of his negro
man being set free."
Col. John Lane m. first, 31 Dec, 1715, KATHERLNE WHLF-
ING^ (Samuel-, Rev. Samuel', the first pastor of Billerica) ; she d.
I Apr., 1731, ?e. 39 years, her tombstone the oldest in Bedford.
He m. second, 16 Mar., 1732, by Rev. Samuel Phillips, HANNAH
Family Nine. 47
ABBOT^ (Timothy- and Hannah Graves, George^ from Yorkshire,
England, and Hannah Chandler) ; she b. Andover, Mass., 8 Oct.,
1695, was "spinster," living in Andover, 1730; and d. in Bedford,
22 Apr., 1769, in her 74th year. He d. 23 Sept., 1763, ae. 72 yrs.
"While I lye buried deep in dust,
My flesh shall be Thy care;
These withering limbs with Thee I trust,
To raise them strong and fair."
— Tombstone.
His will signed April i, 1761, proved Oct. 24, 1763, mentions
''estate in Old England," "pew in meeting house," "my Great
Bible." Bequests to wife Hannah Lane, sons John Lane and
Samuel Lane, daughters Elizabeth Fitch, Katherine Bacon,
Susannah Davis. Inventory ordered Nov. i, taken Nov. 2, 1763;
amount ;£3io, 17s, 4d. Elstate settled by agreement of heirs and
account allowed May 10, 1780.
Children :
L Elizabeth-*, b. 14 Oct., 1716, m. 3 Feb., 1735-6, Jeremiah
FiTCH"* ; he b. Bedford, Mass., 13 Feb., 1712, son of Samuel and
Sarah (Lane) Fitch^ (Samuel-, Zachariah') ; inherited Brookside
homestead, paying legacies to the other children. The farm re-
mained in the Fitch possession about 125 years. The church in
Bedford sang the Psalms and, in 1773, "voted to bring in Doct.
Watts' versions and to have Messrs. Jeremiah Fitch and James
Wright sett in the fore seat in the front gallery, as they are ap-
pointed to begin the Psalm or tune."
Children ; four of their five sons served in the war of Independ-
ence :
I. Samuel'^, b. 9 Nov., 1736. 2. Elizabeth^, b. 24 Dec, 1738, d. young.
3. yeremiah", b. 25 Sept., 1742, received abatement of town and highway
rates, 1763, in recognition of services rendered in the time of troubles with the
French." He bought in 1766, the Stone Croft farm, the oldest homestead in
the village of Bedford, where he built a tavern and hastily entertained the
Bedford minute men on the morning of Apr. 19, 1775. He was sergeant in
Capt. John Moore's militia company on that memorable day. "Sept. 15, 1777,
Jeremiah Fetch Jnr. For hiering soldiers, 6 — 13 — 4." He m. 19 Apr., 1770,
I.ydia Smith of Waltham, Mass., had eight children and d. 29 Dec, 1808, se.
66 yrs., 3 ms., 2 ds. His eldest son Jeremiah^ succeeded him in possession of
the Fitch tavern in Bedford, became an eminent merchant in Boston and
48 Job Lane and Df:scendants.
efficient in official circles of the city; caused the cannon ball which struck the
Brattle Street church during the siege of Boston and then did duty for many
years as a weight on the front gate of a neighboring residence, to be imbedded
in the church edifice where it long remained; gave to the old church of 1817
in Bedford, a bell he had imported with a clock and pulpit Bible, and donated
to the newly formed Trinitarian Congregational society of Nov. 8, 1832, the
land on which to build their meeting house.
4. John^, b. 14 Aug., 1745, soldier in the Concord Fight, d. 31 May,
1820.
5. Mafthe-ii^, twin, b. 14 Aug., 1745, m. 25 Aug., 1774, Lydia Lane'
(Jol/•^ John^, Job'), and d. 3 Aug., 181 1.
6. Joanna^, b. 29 Feb., 1747-8, m. Benjamin Tidd of Lexington, Mass.
7. Pattie', b. 14 July, 1750.
8. Elizabeth'', b. 7 Aug., 1752, d. i Mar., 1825.
9. Moses"", b. 3 Mar., 1755, a soldier in the Concord Fight and wounded at
the battle of White Plains, l^ought of John Lane and occupied a portion of the
Job Lane possessions; m. 14 Nov., 1782, Rachel Stearns^ {Y.A-^2^x(}i^ , John^*^-^,
Isaac').
Gifts to the Pastor, memoranda by Rev. Samuel Stearns :
"1797, June 5. Mr. Fitch i doz eggs.
June 16. Mr. Fitch 2 lbs butter.
July 26th. Mrs. Fitch 2 lbs butter."
Moses Fitch had seven children and d. 12 Oct., 1825, se. 71
years.
Memorial, window in Trinitarian Congregational church, Bedford,
of which he was Deacon from Jan. 10, 1805, till his death, — a gift
of their descendants.
15. n. Ka'jherine'*, b. 24 June, 1717, m. Benjamin Bacon.
in. Susanna^ b. 8 Apr., 1720, m. 16 Jan., 1741, Nathaniel
Davis of Rutland, Vt.
16. IV. John^ b. T July, 1722, m. Martha Flaoo.
V. MattheW, b. 10 July, 1724, d. 5 Aug., 1741, ?e. 17 years.
VI. Samuel'*, b. 15 Apr., 1727, d. i Apr., 1734, in his 7th year.
By second wife :
VII. Hannah^, b. 16 ^Lly, 1734, d. 24 June, 1741, ce. 7 yrs.,
I mo.
17. VIII. Samuel 2d'*, b. 21 Oct., 1737, m. Elizabeth Fitch.
IX. Ma'ithew^, b. 5 Aug., 1 741.
Family Tex. 49
10.
Capt. JAMES LANE^ (John-, Job'), 1 696-1 783, was born in
Billerica, Mass., 12 Aug., 1696. He settled on a portion of the
Winthrop purchase, where five generations of the name Lane were
born. OHver J. Lane" built the present house.
In I 718, a highway was laid out from Shawshine bridge to Con-
cord river near James Lane's house. In 1729, he subscribed to-
wards erecting the meeting house and the expense of incorporation
of Bedford, Mass., for which he received credit, Jan. 20, 1730.
"James Lanes pue, Oct. ye 18, 1734, is the 2^ pue from the grat
door in the front joyning to Nathaniel paiges pue." The select-
men, Sept, 9, 1743, made bounds to the highway leading from
Billerica to Concord, beginning at James Lane's. The same year
the road from Benjamin Kidder's to P^nsign James Lane's was laid
out.
James Lane was taxed in the North Part of Bedford, Mass.,
1748, — was grantor of real estate to N. Page, Jr., Feb. 10, 1755,
to J. Lane, Jr., May 3, 1756, to I. Putney, Feb. 29, 1764.
He freed his slave and gave bond that he should not become a
town charge in 1764. In order to give freedom to a slave, a
citizen was obliged to give bonds that the freed person should not
become a public charge.
Capt. Lane m. first, 19 Jan., 17 19, MARTHA^, dau. of Dr.
James and Rebecca (Wheeler) MINOT"* (John^, George"-^,
Thomas') ; she b. Concord, Mass., 31 Apr., 1699, and d. 3 July,
1762, ae. 63 years. He m. second, 9 Aug., 1763, CHARITY
WELLINGTON of Cambridge, Mass., who d.. 16 Dec, 1764, ae.
70 years, and Jonathan Stone of Watertown, Mass., was appointed
administrator on the estate of his mother "Cherry Lane" of Bed-
ford, Jan. 29, 1765. He m. third, by Rev. Henry Cummings, 22
May, 1766, Mrs. ABIGAIL FARNUM of Billerica, who d. 25
Feb., 1773, in her 77th year. She was b. 13 June, 1697, dau. of
Ebenezer Johnson^ (William-, Edward^), of Woburn, Mass., and
wid. of Oliver Farnum of Billerica. He m. fourth by Rev. Joseph
Penniman, 20 Jan., 1774, Mrs. ABIGAIL, wid. of Lieut. John
MERRIAM, nee Howard. She had ten children bv Lieut. Mer-
50 Joi^ Lane and Descendants.
riam, who d. 20 Sept., 1767, ae. 67 years, leaving her by will, Aug.
II, 1767, "my negro servant named Abraham to be at her own
disposal agreeable to the term of his service."
Mrs. Lane died 5 Nov., 1793, ae. 83 years. Capt. James Lane
died II Apr., 1783, ae. 86 ys., 8 ms.
Epitaph :
"Death, steady to his purpose, from ye womb
Pursues, till we are driven to the tomb.
O reader, wisely lay this thought to heart,
And seek an interest in the better part;
Then when you close in death your mortal eyes,
Your soul may rise and reign above the skies."
The will of Capt. James Lane of Bedford, gentleman, signed and
sealed, Dec. i, 1773, was consented to by Abigail Lane, May 6th,
and presented for probate. May 14, 1783. Bequests were made to
sons James, Jonathan and Samuel, to daus. Martha Dutton and
Rebecca Hutchinson, to grandson Solomon Lane and to executors
James Lane and Samuel Lane ; "all my estate in Old England,
pew in Bedford meeting House, etc." Executors gave bonds. May
14, 1783, and took receipts for portions of estate from Rebeckah
Hutchinson and Martha Dutton, May 10, 1784.
Children by first marriage :
L Martha'^, b. 17 ^L1r., 1 721-2, m. 19 Aug., 1740, Samuel
Dutton and had :
1. Pattie^ b. 10 Apr., 1742, m. 13 Dec, 1764, David Pollard.
2. Samuel, b. ii July, 1743.
3. Hannah, b. 21 Apr., 1 745.
4. Seth, b. 9 Apr., I 747.
H. Rebecca"^, b. 29 Oct., 1723, d. 24 May, 1814, m. 31 July,
1750, Benjamin Hutchinson, Jr., and had:
I. Molly, b. 2 Aug., 1751. 2. Susanna, b. 8 Aug., 1754. 3. John, b.
29 June, 1757. 4. Betty, h. 20 Jan., 1760. 5. Rebecca, h. 10 Feb., 1762.
6. Sarah, b. 9 Nov., 1765.
18. HL James'*, b. 8 Mar., 1725-6, m. Mary Wellington.
IV. Love'*, b. 8 Jan., 1728-9, d. 3 Aug., 1735, ae. 7 ys.
V. MercV*, b. 24 Dec, 1730, d. 4 Mar., 1736-7, ae. 6 ys., 2 ms.
VL Jonathan"*, mentioned in his father's will.
Family Eleven. 51
VII. David^, b. 17 Mar,, 1733-4, grad. H. C, 1753, A.M.,
1754, ''deceased abroad"; Shattuck says, died in the French War,
29 Dec, 1756, 36. 22 ys., 9 ms., 12 ds.
VIII. Susanna^, b. 18 Jan., 1735-6, d. 24 Feb., 1749-50, ae. 14
yrs., 37 ds.
19, IX. Saml'el^, b. II July, 1737, m. Ruth Davis, Hannah
French and Frances Blood.
X. Stephen-*, d. 4 July, 1740.
11.
JOB LAXK, Jr.« (Job"', John-2, Job'), 1718-1796, b. 27 Sept.,
1 7 18; subscribed towards building the meeting house in Bedford,
Jan. 20, 1730, was taxed in the Xorth Part, 1748. He was grantee
in real estate transactions June 24, 1746, June 18, 1747, July 13,
1747, Apr. 28, 1778, and grantor to B. Kinsman, Mar. 13, 1749,
to C. Page, Mar. 31, 1755, ^^^ i- I^ane, Oct. 25, 1765, to J. Win-
gate, Mar. 7, 1769, to O. Pollard, Feb. 22, 1792, to S. Lane, Oct.
4, 1794. Mr. Lane left home at the midnight alarm Apr. 19,
1775, and joined the Minute Men under Capt. Jonathan Wilson in
front of the Jeremiah Fitch tavern. After refreshments, the brave
captain said to his men : ''We give you a cold breakfast, boys, but
will give the British a hot dinner ; we will have every dog of them
before night." They were joined by the militia company under
Capt. John Moore. Seventy-seven Bedford men were among the
first on the ground at Concord. They engaged in removing the
military stores and were in the fight at the old North Bridge. In
pursuit of the British across the Great Fields past Merriam's Corner
toward Lexington, Capt. Wilson was killed near Brook's Tavern,
and Mr. Lane was severely wounded. The ball entered his side
and lodged in his hip, where it remained, causing lameness during
his life. Lord Percy said : ''We never saw anything equal to the
intrepidity of the New England minute men." Return of Minute
Men, May 15, 1775 : "Job Lane, Jr., wounded at Concord, April
19 .... in service one day." Return of Militia Co. under Capt.
52 Joi] Laxe and Descendants.
John Moore, Apr. 3, 1776 : ''Job Lane, Jr., wounded at Concord,
travelled ten miles, in service one day." The town of Bedford
voted Jan., 1779, "to abate half of Job Lane's war rates in con-
sideration of his wounds received at Concord fight;" and in 1780,
voted "to abate Job Lane's poll rates for every year since the war
began." Again Jan. 22, 1782, "voted Job Lane, Jr., fourteen
pounds in specie for his services in the army in 1776."
Town orders : "March 7, 1777, To Mr. Job Lane For Wood to
Jabez Russell, £0, 5s, od." "March ye 7th, 1777 to Mr. Job
Lane For Wood to Jabez Russell, 5 — o — o."
Job Lane, Jr., m. first, 29 Jan., 1746-7, by Rev. Nicholas Bowes,
SUSANNA, dau. of Capt. Josiah and Joannah (Page) FASSETT,
who was b. 29 Mar., 1725, and d. 24 Mar., 1775, ^e. 50 years; m.
second, 15 Jan., 1777, by Rev. Joseph Penniman, ELIZABETH
STICKNEY of Bedford. He d. 11 June, 1796, ae. 78 years. His
will, signed 17 May, 1793, was proved 20 Sept., 1796. Exr., son
Luke Lane. Inv. ordered 16 Mar., 1797, taken 12 Nov., 1798,
returned 14 Nov., 1798, amount $1245.26. Bequests to wife
Elizabeth Lane, son Luke Lane, daus. Susannah Richardson, Lydia
Fitch, Sarah Grifen, Hannah Bacon, Ammitta Bacon, Molly Lane,
Bethia Webber and Fannie Lane, a minor.
Children :
L Susannah^, b. 21 Dec, 1747, m. first, i May, 1766, Daniel
Davis, Jr."* (DanieU^, Samuel-, Dolor'), m. second, 23 Nov., 1790,
Ebenezer Richardson of Billerica for his sixth wife. She had by
first husband :
1. Susanna, b. 6 Nov., 1767, m. 8 June, 1789, Josiah Hill of Bedford,
and d. 15 Feb., 1818.
2. Sally, b. Harvard, m. Brooks of Lincoln.
3. Lydia, m. Xehemiah Flint of Concord.
4. Lortihamah, m. John Hill o\ Billerica.
n. Lydia-'', b. 13 Aug., 1749, m. 25 Aug., 1774, Matthew
Fitch, b. 14 Aug., 1745, son of Jeremiah and Elizabeth (Lane)
Fitch.
ni. Sarah^"*, b. 15 Dec, 1751, m. 26 Nov., 1778, Samuel Gilson
of Bedford.
Family Elevkn. 53
IV. Haxxah^ b. 31 Jan., 1754, ra. 6 May, 1779, John Bacon,
and had
I, Hannah, b. II Dec, 1779, d. 27 Sept., 1823.
V. Job\ b. 13 June, 1756, was in Capt. John Moore's company
of militia at Concord Fight, Apr. 19, 1775, was styled Ensign,
purchased estate, 28 Apr., 17 78, d. 22 Dec, 1788, se. 32 yrs., 6
ms. Adm. on his estate was granted to Job Lane with James Lane
as security, Sept. 11, 1789, and an inventory was returned Dec. 30,
1789.
VL A.MnTAr\ b. 9 Feb., 1759, m. first, Elijah Bacon, son of Dea.
Benjamin and Catherine (Lane) Bacon, who was in Jonathan
Wilson's company of minute men at the Concord Fight, Apr. 19,
1775, and was paid $25, Jan. 22, 1782, for hiring soldiers for the
army in 1777, and d. in 1788 ; m. second, 31 Dec, 1789, Benjamin
Bacon, brother of Elijah. Benjamin Bacon, by marriage with his
brother Elijah's widow, became owner of the whole Bacon estate in
Bedford. The homestead was formerly a part of the grant of 500
acres on Shawshine river to Rev. Joseph Mitchell of Cambridge.
Michael Bacon^ (Michaer^-') first leased and then purchased it of
the widow Mitchell in July, 1682, for 200 pounds. — Bacon Home-
stead.
\TL MoLLY^ b. 14 June, 1761, m. 11 Oct., 1781, David Lane'^
(James"'-^, John-, Job^), and d. 12 Dec, 1820.
VIIL Bethia^ b. I Feb., 1764, d. 8 Aug., 1834; m. 15 Dec,
1785, John Webber, Jr. of Bedford, b. 31 Dec, 1760, d. 1 1 Dec,
1846, grandson of Benj. and Susannah (Whitmore) Webber.
Their children :
1. Amittai, b. 31 Aug., 1789, m. 25 June, 1808, Zehedee Simonds of Bed-
ford and d. 20 Feb., 1853.
2. Bethia Lane, b. 16 Aug. 1799; m. 3 Feb., 1825, Benjamin Reed'' , who
at one time was assessed the largest tax in Lexington, (Hammond**, Wm.*-',
Geo.2, Wm.i).
20. IX. Luke\ b. 29 Sept., 1768, m. Hannah Crosby.
By second wife :
X. Fannie'', b. 24 May, 1781.
54 Job Lane and Descendants.
12.
JOHN LANE, 2d'i (Job^, John^ Job^, 1720-1789, was b. in
Billerica, Mass., 2 Oct., 1720, settled on a portion of the Job Lane
estate. He was taxed in the north part of Bedford, Mass., 1748 ;
was grantee in transfer of real estate from J. Lane, Dec. 26, 1748,
from same, Oct. 10, 1763, from , Oct. 25, 1765.
John Lane of Bedford paid Caleb Dana of Cambridge, Mass., 40
pounds lawful money, Nov. 10, 1768, for land in Ashburnham,
Mass., lot No. I, Division 2, and also part of Lot 12 in same
division. In presence of John Lane, 3d, He paid Elizabeth Clapp
of Sudbury, Mass., widow and administratrix of Joel Clapp, 40
pounds, A.ug. 6, 1771, for 108 acres of land in Ashburnham,
bounded by land of said John Lane. John Lane and Sarah his
wife, for "the love I bear my son Francis Lane," conveyed to him
50 acres of land in Ashburnham, Mar. 9, 1773. John Lane and
wife Sarah Lane, for "love to my son Benjamin Lane" conveyed to
him, Apr. 16, 1775, 108 acres of land in Ashburnham. — Worcester
Co. Deeds.
John Lane was returned, Apr. 3, 1776, on the pay roll of Capt.
John Moore's company of militia which had acted as minute men
in the Concord Fight, Apr. 19, 1775, travelling 26 miles and in
service 6 days. Bedford treasurer's account: 1778, Feb. 13.
"To John Lane For Hireing soldiers. 10 — 10 — o."
The dwelling house which he built about 1750 stood upon the
rising point of land on the right hand side of the road from Bedford
to Billerica, a little beyond the old house reputed to be the Job Lane
house, within the boundaries of the estate originally secured by Job
Lane. This house was occupied by his descendants till totally de-
stroyed by fire with many family records and relics. Mar. i, 1847.
John Lane, 2d, m. first, 13 Feb., 1745-6, by Rev. Nicholas
Bowes, RUTH BOWMAN; she b. Lexington, Mass., 23 Dec,
1723, and d. 13 Aug., 1759, in the 36th year of her age, dau. of
John and Mary (Stone) Bowman.
He m. second, 28 May, 1761, Mrs. SARAH HILDRETH, n^e
Abbott; she b. Andover, Mass., 27 Apr., 1726. He d. 7 Dec,
1789, in his 70th year.
Family Twelve. 55
Epitaph :
"A span is all that we can boast,
An inch or two of time;
Man is but vanity and dust,
In all his flower and prime.
My days are spent, my race is run.
Remember me though dead and gone;
Cease my beloved to complain,
My sleeping dust shall rise again."
Agreement in settlement of estate between widow Sarah Lane and
sons, Feb. 1 1, i 791 .
The Pastor's Tithing. Mem. by Rev. Samuel Stearns :
"July 26, 1797. One cheese from the Widow Lane.
From September to Thanksgiving, Widow Lane, 2 lbs butter."
Mrs. Lane m. third, Mr. Parker, and died his widow, 5 Mar.,
1 814, ae. 88 years.
Epitaph :
"\'ain world farewell to you,
Heaven's my native air;
I bid my friends a short adieu.
Impatient to be there."
Children by first wife :
21. I. John'', b. 7 Dec, 1746, m. Ruhannah Reed.
II. FR-\NaS'^, b. 18 Sept., 1748, d. 23 Feb., 1749-50, ae. i yr.,
5 nis.
22. IIL Fr.ancls'', b. 31 Aug., 1750, m. Hepsibah Coolidge
and Sarah Burr.
IV. RuTH^, b. 8 Apr., 1752, m. 9 Dec, 1772, John Whitney of
Littleton, Mass., res. Rindge, N. H.
23. ^- Benjamin^ b. 17 Mar., 1754, m. Anna Page and
Isabel Hill.
24. VL Ziba\ b. 5 July, 1756, m. Lvdia Danforth.
VII. Esther^ b. i Mar., 1758, m. 25 Sept., 1778, Joseph
Crosby of Amherst, N. H., res. Jaffrey, N. H.
By second marriage :
VIII. Josiah^, b. 25 Feb., 1762, d. 5 Mar., 1762, ae. 18 ds.
56 Job Lane and Descendants.
25. IX. Jonathan^, b. 15 Oct., 1763, m. Hannah Lane.
X. Sarah'', b. i Oct., 1765, m. i Nov., 1787, Timothy Stearns^
(Isaac^ John'*-3-2, Isaac^). His father, Hon. Isaac Stearns'', a
soldier in the French war, magistrate and distinguished citizen of
Billerica, m. 11 Feb., 1748, Sarah, dau. of Obed and Elizabeth
Abbott of Bedford, who d. 9 Jan., 1815 ; he d. 23 Mar., 1808.
John Steams'*, b. 25 Nov., 1686, d. in Maine, ae. 86 yrs. ; m. Esther
Johnson, dau. of Edward of Woburn, Mass., granddaughter of Wil-
liam Johnson, Elsq., and great granddaughter of Capt. Edward
Johnson, author of Wonder Working Proi'idence of Zion's Savior
in New England. John Stearns^, b. •'2d week" May, 1654, the
first or second child born in Billerica, Mass., m. first, Elizabeth
Bigelow of Watertown, Mass., who d. 18 Apr., 1694; m. second,
Joanna, widow of Jacob Parker and dau. of Thomas Call of Maiden,
Mass.; he d. 26 Oct., i 728 ; she d. 4 Dec, 1737. John Stearns^, b.
Watertown, Mass., 1631, was a purchaser of the Dep. Gov. Dudley
farm and became one of the earliest inhabitants of Billerica. A south-
west portion of the Dudley purchase, bounded by Concord river
and the Gov. John Winthrop farm, became the permanent Stearns
homestead. He m. first, Sarah Mixer of Watertown, who d. June,
1656; m. second, 1656, Mary Lothrop of Barnstable, Mass., and
d. 5 Mar., 1668-9. Isaac Stearns^, the emigrant, came to America
in 1630, probably with Gov. John Winthrop and settled in Water-
town, Mass. He was made freeman ]\Iay 18, 1631, which is the
earliest date of any such admission. — Bond. He d. 19 June,
1671 ; wife Mary d. 2 Apr., 1677.
Timothy Stearns^ was b. in Billerica, 25 Sept., 1763, and d. 8
Aug., 18 16. Mrs. Stearns d. 13 June, 1849.
Their ele\en children were :
I. T'/wi?//;;', b. 8 Sept., 1788, d. 22 Nov., 1791. 2. Sally. 3. Timothy,
4. John. 5. Se-cvall. 6. Sarah. 7. Obed, b. 21 Mar., iSoi, m. 27
May, 1827, Mehitable Carlton, and had:
i) Josiah Obed, b. 17 Oct., 1830. 2) Amos, b. 1831, 111. Oct., 1856,
Mary A. Hartwell. 3) Eckley, deacon of Congl. church in Woburn, gave
one of the Rose windows in Amherst College church as a memorial.
8. Sarah. 9. Albert. 10. Eckley. II. T^/wd/Zn', b. Billerica, 23 Jan.,
1810; Amherst College 1833, Andover Seminary 1837, ordained 2 July, 1839,
died Fort Madison, Iowa, 19 July, 1861.
Family Fourteen. 57
13.
TIMOTHY LANE^ (Job^ John^, Job>), 1722-1793, b. 10 July,
1722, was on lax list, -north part of Bedford, Mass., 1748, was
grantee in transfer of real estate, July 8, 1757, and Oct. 25, 1765,
was returned in Jonathan Wilson's Co. of Minute Men, May 15,
1775. Town Treasurer's account : "April 11,1777. To Timothy
Lane For hiering soldiers, 16 — 3 — 4." He m. 7 Mar., 1 750-1,
by Rev. Nicholas Bowes, LVDIA, dau. of Stephen^ and Elizabeth
DAVIS (Samuel"-^, Dolor^), of Bedford, who d. 31 Aug., 1801, ae.
72 years. He d. 3 Dec, 1793, ?e. 72 years. His heirs were
grantors to S. Lane and others. Mar. i, 1794.
Children :
L LucY^ b. 7 Nov., 1751, m. 23 Nov., 1775, Jonathan Put-
nam and had son,
I . Elijah .
II. Elizabeth-^ b. 7 May, 1753.
26. HI. Stephen-^ b. 20 Aug., 1755, m. .Alice Abbotf.
IV. Anna\ b. 30 ^Llr., 1758, m. 20 May, 1779, Ebenezer
Gould of Chelmsford, Mass.
V. Lydl\^ b. 16 Dec, 1760; d. 23 Oct., 1765,96.4 ys., 10 ms.,
7 ds.
VI. Rhoda'^, b. 17 May, 1763; m. 12 Feb., 1789, Slmeon
Gould.
VII. Paitie\ b. 8 Nov., 1765.
VIII. Nathan'', b. ir Feb., 1768; received real estate. Mar. i,
1794, Nov. 28, 1794, d. I Dec, 1794, ae. 26 ys., 10 ms.
IX. Lydla^, b. 16 Jan., 1772 ; d. 13 July, 1796, ae. 24 ys., 5 ms.
14.
JONATHAN HILL^ (Jonathan-^-2, Ralphi), b. Billerica, Mass.,
28 Apr., 1718, m. 13 Jan., 1746-7, MARY LANE^ (Job^, John^,
Jobi).
Ralph Hin\ was originally of Plymouth, Mass., where he m.
58 Job Lane and Descent) ants.
Margaret Toothaker, probably a widow, in 1638. Removing to
Woburn, Mass., he was chosen surveyor of highways, Apr. 13,
1644, was taxed there as an inhabitant, 1645, 1646, and was made
freeman 1647. He was selectman and assented to the boundary
between Charlestown and Woburn, i6th 10 mo., 1650, and was
chosen again among the seven selectmen, 25th 12 mo., 1650,
(Feb. 25, 1651). He removed to Billerica, Mass., in 1653, one
of its earliest settlers and founder of the family in that town. In
1659, he sold his land and house in Woburn to Richard Snow.
Ralph Hill and George Farley purchased the Edward Oaks grant
at Shawshine in 1661. He d. at Billerica, 29 Apr., 1663. His
widow d. there, 22 Nov., 1683, aged ''about 88." In his will, Nov.
10, 1662, he names sons Nathaniel, Jonathan and Ralph, daus.
Martha and Rebecca, his widow Margaret and his son-in-law Roger
Toothaker.
Children of Ralph' and Margaret (Toothaker) Hill :
1. lYaihaniel^, b. probably at Plymouth.
2. JonatJian'^^ b. Woburn, 20 Apr., 1646, m. 11 Dec, 1666, Mary^, dau.
of William HartwelP of Concord, Mass., who is mentioned in her father's
will, probated 1690. In the allotment of common lands in 1707, a portion of
the Thomas Oaks grant fell to Jonathan Hill. They had:
Jonathan'^ m. Mary Brackett who m. second, 3 Dec, 1744, John Hartwell
of Bedford, Mass.
3. Kalp/i^, b. Woburn and named in his father's will, Nov. 10, 1662.
4. Martha^. 5. Rebecca'^.
JONATHAN HILL^ son of Jonathan and Mary (Brackett)
Hill, m. MARY LANE'^ ; she b. 24 Feb., 1724-5, and d. 24 Oct.,
1772, ae. 47 years. He m. second, 24 May, 1774, SARAH, widow
of Samuel WHITING, who d. 16 Aug., 1778, ae. 42 years. He d.
7 Apr., I 796.
Children of Jonathan"* and Mary (Lane) Hill:
I. Ralph^, b. 2 Sept., 1747.
II. Mary'', b. 21 Oct., 1748, m. 19 June, 1777, Oliver- Pol-
lard; he b. 1736-7, son of Oliver' and Hannah (Hill) Pollard.
He possessed a portion of the Thomas Oaks grant and d. in 1831,
ae. 94 years. He was succeeded in the estate by his son Oliver^,
who built the present dwelling and whose dau. Molly Pollard^ m.
James Lane^ (James"*-^, John-, Job').
III. Martha"', b. 4 Mar., 1749.
Family Fifteen. 59
IV. Susanna-"^, b. 22 Jan., 1 750-1.
V. Benjamin^, b. 30 June, 1752.
VI. Job'', b. 29 May, 1754.
VII. LucY^, b. 14 Jan., 1756.
VIII. JrJsiAH^ b. 10 Dec, 1757, lived on the Bedford home-
stead, m. 8 June, 1789, Susanna, dau. of Daniel Davis of Bedford.
Their son Josiah*^ was a clergyman at Methuen and later Lynnfield,
Mass.
IX. Elizabeth^, b. 13 Oct., 1759.
X. Isabel-^ b. 3 Dec, 1761, m. 26 May, 1785, Benjamin Dane^
(John^ Job-^ John^, Job').
XI. Jonathan'', b. 28 Sept., 1763, m, 13 Dec, 1798, Mary
Proctor of Bedford. A dau. MafY', m. 23 Xov., 1824, Samuel
Butler q{ Leominster, Mass.
XII. Jane\ b. 17 Dec, 1764.
XIII. Azubah'', b. I Mar., 1768.
XIV. Anna-\ b. II June, 1776.
15.
BENJAMIN BACONS (Benjamin^ Michael^^--^-'), b. Billerica,
Mass., 6 Dec, 17 13, m. 15 Feb., 1739, CATHF^RINE LANE^ ;
she b. 27 June, 17 17, dau. of John^ and Katherine (Whiting) Lane
(John^ Jobi).
The Bacons constituted one of the most numerous Bedford
families for more than two centuries. Michael Bacon ^ was the
immigrant ancestor. He left England for Ireland on the approach
of the Civil War about 1633, and came thence to Dedham, Mass.,
in 1640, accompanied by his wife, sons Michael-, Daniel- and
John"2 and daughter Sarah-. These children are mentioned in his
will, April 14, 1648. Their mother died in 1647.
Michael Bacon-, eldest son, was of Charlestown, Mass., 1640,
where the brothers Michael Bacon'^ and Daniel Bacon- subscribed,
60 Job Lane and Descendants.
Dec. 1 8, 1640, the ''Town Orders" agreed upon for the proposed
town of Woburn. ''8th of 7 mo., 1642, Charlestowne Village is
called Wooborne," records its act of incorporation by the Gen.
Court of Mass. Michael Bacon^ was one of the original inhabitants
of Woburn, chosen highway surveyor, Apr. 13, 1644, and on the
board of selectmen 1659, 1665, '6, '8, 1670. His wife Mary
dying 26 Aug., 1655, he m. second, 26 Oct., 1655, Mary Richard-
son, and after her death 19 May, 1670, he took to him a third
wife, 28 Nov., 1670, Mary Noyes. He d. 4 July, 1688. He
had Michael'^, only son, b. about 1640. Elizabeth^, b. 4 Jan.,
1642. Sarah^, b. 24 Aug., 1644.
Michael Bacon^ (Michaer^-i), had a mill on the Shawshine river
in the present town of Bedford, Mass., before King PhiHp's War.
He was alluded to in a mortgage deed as citizen of Billerica, June
8, 1675, ^rid was assigned by the town of Billerica, for defence, to
garrison No. 10, in Aug., 1675, and allowed to have two soldiers
from the garrison for the protection of his mill. He purchased the
Rev. Mr. Mitchel farm of 500 acres including the mill on Shaw-
shine river for ^200, in July, 1682, and it became known as the
Bacon Homestead. He gave a deed, Oct. 4, 1696, to his "loving
son Michael Bacon jun of Billerica, shoemaker." The house he
built has been occupied by seven generations of the Bacon family
and name. He m. 22 Mar., 1660, Sarah Richardson of Woburn,
who d. 15 Aug., 1694. He d. 13 Aug., 1707. Ten children born
in Woburn and Billerica :
Mary*. Sarah*. Abigail*. Michael*. Jonathan*. Benjamin*. Nath-
aniel*. Josiah*. Joseph*. •*.
Jonathan Bacon"* (MichaeP---^), b. 14 July, 1662, was in the
Indian wars with "Mager Lane" 1706, selectman of Billerica, 17 19
and 1727, boarded the school master one month in 1722, repre-
sentative of Billerica, 1726, called the first town meeting of Bed-
ford, Sept. 26, 1729, at which time he was chosen selectman ; ra.
first, 3 Jan., 1694, Elizabeth Giles; m. second, 22 Sept., 1739,
Elizabeth Wyman, born Hancock; died 12 Jan., 1754.
Benjamin Bacon-* (MichaeP---'), b. about 1688, m. 2 Dec,
1 7 12, Abigail Taylor of Concord, Mass. His will dated Nov.
25, 1727, mentions the four elder children:
Family Sixteen. G1
Benjamin^, b. 6 Dec, 1713. John^, b. 16 June, 1716. AbigaiP, b. 25
Sept., 1 718. Samuel'', b. 21 July, I 72 1. Mary''.
BENJAMIN BACON^ (Benjamin^ MichaeP-^-'), b. 6 Dec,
I 7 13, was taxed in Bedford, 1748, and was deacon of the church
in Bedford, Feb. 15, 1759, ^i^^ ^is death. Town of Bedford Dr., Feb.
10, 1778. '*To Dea. Benjamin Bacon P'or hiering soldiers, 15 —
17 — o." Six Bacons from Bedford were in the company of minute
men and two in the mihtia company at Concord Fight, Apr, 19,
1775-
Dea. Bacon m. 15 Feb., 1739, Catherine Fane-* (John^--, Job'),
who d. 7 July, 1 79 1. He d. i Oct., 1701, ae. 78 years.
Epitaph :
"Go traveller, live to God."
Their children :
I. Benjamin^, b. 6 July, 1741, engaged in the Concord Fight,
Apr. 19, 1775, gave to the pastor. Rev. Samuel Stearns, "6 lbs
beef" in 1797. He m. first. 27 May, 1766, Esther Davis; m.
second, 31 Dec, 1789, A.MrnAi (Lane) Bacon; m. third, Anna
(Crosby) Jaqltth. He had son BenjatnitP and grandson Benja-
min"", who m. Sylvania Lane^ (David^, James^-^, John^, Job').
n. Catherine*^, b. 9 July, 1746, d. young.
HI. Isaac*^, b. 6 May, 1748, d. young.
IV. Isaac^, b. 27 Oct., I 751, d. young.
V. Elijah^, b. 19 Sept., 1754, engaged in the Concord Fight;
m. Ami'itai Lane^ (Job'*-^, John-, Job'), and d. 1788.
VI. Rhoda^, b. 30 Oct., 1757, d. young.
16.
JOHN LANE, 3d-' (John'^-2, Job'), 1722-—, b. Billerica, Mass.,
I July, 1722, inherited from his father and lived on the Thaddeus
Davis place, Bedford, Mass. He was taxed in the north part of
Bedford, 1748. He was a soldier in Capt. John Moore's com-
pany of militia at Concord Fight, Apr. 19, 1775. Town Treasurer's
62 Job Lane and Descendants.
account: "Sept. 15, 1777, John Lane ye 3d for personal Service,
14 — II — 8." Probably was grantor of real estate to J. Wright,
Apr. 27, 1782, to E. Stearns, June 14, 1784, to O. Pollard, Jr.,
Jan. 12, 1789, to same, Jan. 16, 1789, to E. Baker, Apr. 10, 1790,
to J. Lane, May 31, 1790. — Worcester Co. Deeds.
The Pastor's Tithing, Mem. by Rev. Samuel Stearns :
"1797, From September to Thanksgiving, Mr. Lane i lb butter.
-Mr. John Lane, a peice of fresh pork. Thanksgiving Week, Mr.
Lane, 7 lbs pork and 14 candles."
Mr. Lane m. 28 Oct., 1747, Martha Flagg, a descendant of
Thomas and Mary Flagg of Watertown, Mass., and of Gershom
and Hannah (Lepingwell) Flagg of Woburn, Mass., who had ten
children.
Children of John and Martha (Flagg) Lane:
L Martha'', b. 13 Aug., 1748.
11. Maithew', b. 9 Oct., 1750, settled near Boston, Mass.
27. IIL Gershom Flagg, b. 30 July, 1753, m. Lydia Thomas.
IV. Ha\xah\ b. 13 May, 1755, m. John Bacon.
V. \\v.v7AY,\w-', b. 30 Aug., I 761.
17.
SAMUEL LANE, 2d^ (John •'^•'2, Job^), 1737-1822, b. Bedford,
Mass., 21 Oct., 1737, m. 8 Dec, 1763, by Rev. Nathaniel Sher-
man, ELIZABETH FITCH, b. 6 Jan., 1738-9, dau. of Zachariah
and great grand dau. of Samuel and Sarah (Lane) Fitch. She d,
29 Sept., 1796, ae. 57 ys., 8 ms., 20 ds. He was returned with
Capt. John Moore's Co. of Militia, Apr. 3, 1776, as having been in
the Concord Fight of Apr. 19, 1775. Town Treasurer's account,
July 12, 1777: "To Sam' I^ne jur. For Hiering Soldiers, 8 — 5
— o." He was selectman of Bedford, Mass., 1780. Pastor's Tith-
ing: "1797, Thanksgiving Week, Mr. Samuel Lane, Jr., 9 lbs beef.
From Thanksgiving to April, Mr. S. Lane, i bushel rye meal."
Mr. Lane inherited Elm Farm, a portion of the Job Lane home-
Family Eighief.n. 63
stead, was in good financial circumstances, and d. 3 Aug., 1822, ae.
84 yrs., leaving no son. He was the last of the name in this line
of the Lane family. His will was signed Apr. 10, 181 8, presented
for probate, Sept. 3, 1822; Moses Fitch and John Stearns, son-in-
law, executors; appraisement ordered Sept. 9, 1822; inventory
taken Oct. i, 1822, exhibited Nov. 2, 1822; executors' account
June 3, 1823; bequests to daus. Phebe Lane, Hannah Lane,
Dorcas White, and to children of daughter Polly Stearns, deceased.
Children :
L Hannah'"', b. 26 Feb., 1765, m. Jonath.\n Lane"' (John*^,
Job^ John2, Job').
n. Elizabeth'', b. 6 Dec, 1766, m. 8 May, 1800, Maithfw
Short of Cambridge, Mass., and had children.
HL Dorcas-^ b. 18 Feb., 1771, m. Nathan White of Bedford,
Mass., and had three children.
IV. Phere\ b. 12 Feb., 1773, m. David Lane^ (James-^-"^, John^,
Jobi).
29. \ . PoLLY^, b. 15 Aug., 1776, m. John Stearns.
18.
JAMES LANE, Jr.^ (James^ John^, Job^), 1 726-1 799, b. Bed-
ford, Mass., 8 Mar., 1725-6. He was in Capt. John Moore's Co.
of militia and took part in the Concord Fight of Apr. 19, 1775.
This Bedford company was among the first of the provincials on
the ground, engaged in removing the military stores and also in the
fight at Concord Bridge. The flag they carried to the field was
the only one displayed on that day. The old emblem is still pre-
served at Bedford. Mr. Lane was afterward a sergeant of the same
company in Col. Jonathan Reed's regiment. Town Treasurer's
account, Feb. 13, 1778: ''To James Lane, Jur., For Hiering
Soldiers, 8 — 5 — o."
He was grantee in the transfer of real estate, Dec. 11, 1756,
Apr. 16, 1764, Feb. 3, 1790, Sept. 9, 1796 ; grantor to Charles, a
04 Job Lane and Descendants.
negro, Oct. 17, 1759, to J. Moore, June 8, 1761, to E. Stearns,
May 18, 1764, to J. Lane, Jr., Oct. 25, 1765, to S. Lane, Apr. 5,
1 781, Dec. 31, 1785, Mar. 8, 1791, Feb. i, 1799, to M. Lane,
Feb. 23, I 782.
Mr. Lane m. 10 Jan., 1 750-1, by Rev. Nicholas Bowes, MARY
WELLINGTON, dau. of Dea. Job Lane's second wife, and d.
suddenly, 4 Jan., 1799, se. 73 years. Will of James Lane, signed
Dec. 25, 1798, proved Apr. 9, 1799, son Solomon Lane, executor,
made bequests to wife Mary Lane, to sons James, Solomon, David
and Isaac, and to grand children, ''the five surviving children of my
late son Oliver Wellington Lane deceased."
Mrs. Lane m. second, Capt. John Moore, Jr., who had been Mr.
Lane's company commander in the Revolution; he d. 27 Sept.,
1807, 86. 78 years.
"Glory with all her lamps shall burn,
To watch the Christian's sleeping clay;
Till the last trumpet cause his urn
To aid the triumph of the day."
Mary, second wife of Capt. John Moore, d. 2 Apr., 1806, se. 76
yrs.
Children of James and Mary (Wellington) Lane :
30. I. Oliver Wellington-'', b. 27 Oct., 1751, m. Susanna
Newman.
II. James'', b. 10 Mar., 1754, m. by Rev. Samuel Stearns, 6
June, 1805, Molly Pollard, who d. 16 Feb., 1848, ae. 96 ys., 8
ms. Uncle James, an old bachelor, used to go courting Aunt
Molly, regularly, just once a year and for many years. He d. 20
Oct., 1836, ae. 83. Adm. on his estate was declined by Molly
Lane, and Joel Foster was appointed administrator, Nov. 8, 1836,
who gave bond with David Lane and Oliver Wellington Lane
sureties; inventory taken Nov. 17, 1836, exhibited, and allowance
made to widow Molly Lane, Jan. 10, 1837 ; administrator's sale.
May 29, 1837, and account rendered Nov. 14, 1837.
31. 111. Solomon^, b. 7 Aug., 1756, m. Sarah Stearns.
32. 1\'. David'', b. 11 Mar., 1759, ^^' Molly Lane and Phebe
Lane.
Family Nineteen. 65
V. Isaacs b. 13 May, 1766, d. 24 Nov., 1803, ce. 37 years.
No family. Verbal bequests were made to his niece Anna Lane
and to Oliver W. Lane, May 23, 1S03. The nuncupative will was
attested by Moses Fitch, David Lane and Samuel Lane, 2d, June
14th, the heirs ^Lary Moore, Susannah Lane, James Lane and
David Lane consenting July 27th, appraisement made Aug. 2d, and
the will presented for probate Oct. 5th, all in the year 1803. The
first account of Solomon Lane, executor, was exhibited June 6,
1804, and his second account June II, 1S06, with distribution of
personal estate to brothers Solomon, James and David and to
heirs of Oliver Wellington Lane, a brother.
19.
SAMUEL lam:' (James:*, John', Jobi), 1737-1802, b. Bed-
ford, Mass., II fuly, 1737, was returned with Capt. John Moore's
Co., Apr. 3, 1776, as in the Concord Fight of Apr. 19, 1775 ; was
a farmer in Bedford, grantee of real estate June 4, 1793, Sept. 4^
i795» ^ct. 12, 1796; grantor to S. Richardson, Aug. 28, 1797, to
J. Batten, June 15, 1798, to E. Richardson, Jr., Oct. 19, 1798.
Mr. Lane m. first, by Rev. Nathaniel Sherman, 2 Oct., 1760,
RUTH, dau. of Stephen, Jr., and Elizabeth (Brown) DAVIS, of
Bedford : she b. 5 Dec, 1739, and d. 21 Oct., 1772, in her 33d
year; m. second, by Rev. Henry Cummings, 6 Jan., 1774, Wid.
HANNAH (Richardson) FRENCH, of Billerica, who d. 29 Sept.,
1796, ce. 57 yrs.
Epitaph :
"Retire, my friends, dry up your tears,
Here I must lie till Christ appears."
He m. third, by Rev. Paul Litchfield, 21 May, 1799, Mrs.
FRANCES BLOOD of Carlisle, who d. 19 Sept., 1807, ae. 69 years.
Mr. Lane d. 26 June, 1802, se. 65 yrs.
Epitaph :
"Simple manners, charitable temper. Industry and uprightness were
adorned by a Christian profession and practice, and inspired a humble hope of
a happy immortality. The memory of the just is blessed."
66 Job Lane and Descendants.
In the administration of the estate of Samuel Lane of Bedford,
yeoman, Jonas Lane, Esq., of Lancaster and Samuel Lane, 2d,
yeoman, of Bedford, were appointed administrators, who gave bond
with Solomon Lane and David Lane, sureties, July 15, 1802 ; in-
ventory exhibited Oct. 12, 1802, amount $3,642.77 ; administra-
tors' account Oct. 5, 1809, had paid claims of widow Frances Lane,
Jonas Lane, David Lane, John Webber, Jr., Solomon Lane,
Amariah Preston, Ebenezer Lane, Phebe Lane, Hannah Lane,
Samuel Lane, 2d.
Children all born in Bedford :
33. L Jonas^ b. 10 May, 1761, had wives Dolly Ballard,
Elt^'ice Kendall, Sally Hawks and Lydla Wait.
n. Rebecca 5, b. 17 Jan., 1763, d. Boston, 27 Nov., 1791, se.
28 ys., 10 ms., interred at Bedford.
34. HL Ephralm^, b. 22 Mar., 1767, m. Elizabeth Danforth
Abbott.
IV. Ruth'', b. 7 June, 1769, m. 30 Mar., 1797, Nathaniel
Brown"", son of Nathaniel Bowman"* and Abigail (Page) Brown
(DanieP, Joseph-, John'). They moved to Plymouth, Vt., July 3,
1814, and founded a prominent family. He d. of consumption, 28
Apr., 1834, ae. 65 years; she d. 18 Aug., 1838, ae. 68 years.
Children born in Bedford :
1. Anna Page, b. 23 Mar., 1799, m. at Plymouth, 28 May, 1818, Jona-
than Lewis Pratt of Ludlow, Vt.
2. John, b. 19 Sept., 1801, d. 12 Sept., 1805, re. 3 ys., 11 ms., 24 ds.
3. Abigail, b. 19 Mar., 1803, m. 6 Dec, 1826, Moses Pollard, Jr., of
Plymouth, and d. 6 Aug., 1850.
4. Mary Ann, b. 6. Sept., 1805, m. 15 Apr., 1828, Amos B. Pollard,
brother of Moses, Jr.
5. Ruth Davis, b. 17 Oct., 1807, m. 10 Jan., 1828, Horace Sa^vyer of
Plymouth.
6. John Page, b. II Jan., 18 10.
35. V, Ebenezer'', b. 14 May, 1771, m. Hannah Cunning-
ham and Sally Weston.
By second marriage :
VI. Daniel^, b. 9 Oct., 1774, d. 28 Oct., 1785, ae. 1 1 years.
VII. Hannah'', b. 6 Apr., 1776, m. by Rev. Samuel Stearns, 12
Family Twenty. 67
Dec, 1 80 1, Isaiah Green, a farmer of Carlisle, Mass., and d. 23
Mar., 1845, se. 68 ys., 11 ms., 16 ds. Four children :
1. Isaiah Richardson, b. Carlisle, 28 Mar., 1803, d. 15 Oct., 1805, ce. 2
ys., 6 ms., 17 ds.
2. Hannah Lane Chandler, b. 15 Dec, 1 806.
3. Lydia Ada/ns, b. 15 Dec, 18 10.
4. iVancy Richardson, b. 30 July, 1816.
36. VIII. Samuel'', b. 15 Jan., 1778; m. Lucy R. Jones.
IX. PArriE-'', b. 19 Aug., 1780, m. 14 July, 18 11, Tilla Green,
a farmer of Carlisle, Mass. Four children :
1. Benjamin, b. 3 Aug., 1813.
2. Mary^ b. 26 ?>!)., 1816.
3. Susan, b. 7 Nov., 1818, m. 4 Nov., 1843, Isaac Blaisdell of Carlisle.
4. Selina, b, 20 Apr., 1827.
20.
LUKE LANE-^ (Job^^ John^, Jobi), 1768-1801, b. 29 Sept.,
1768. Luke Lane was grantee of estate from J. Lane, May 17, 1793,
and grantor to I. Prudden, Jan. 8, 1798; m. 24 Mar., 1791, by
ReY. Henry Cummings, HANNAH CROSBY of Billerica, and d.
27 Aug., 1801, ae. i^i ys- Hannah Lane, widow, gave bond, 14
Oct., 1 80 1, as admx. on the estate of Luke Lane, late of Bedford,
yeoman. The bond was filed 13 Apr., 1802. Children : Hannah,
Job, Luke and Seth. Mrs. LANE m. second, 20 Jan., 1805, Nath-
aniel Dudley of Lexington.
Children born in Bedford :
I. Luke^, b. 9 Sept., 1791 ; m. Martha , and d. 15 Feb.,
1850, ae. 58. Son :
I. Dudley'', b. 17 Oct., 1822.
37. 11. J()B'\ b. 7 Aug., 1794; m. Mary Hadley.
III. Seth*^, b. 9 Aug., 1796 ; m. Ammarilla , and had :
1. Emeline', b. 27 Jan., 1829.
2. Reuben Bacon', b. 18 Jan., 1 83 1.
3. Alonzo\ b. 5 July, 1838, enlisted at Boston, in U. S. nav^ for three
years, Oct. 12, 1863.
IV. Hannah*^, b. 4 May, 1799.
68 Job Lane and Descendants.
21.
JOHN LANE, Jr.5 (John^, Job^, John^, Job'), 1746-1808, b.
Bedford, Mass., 7 Dec, 1746, received by will of his grandfather,
Dea. Job Lane, Feb. 15, 1753, "my old clock." Return, Apr. 3,
1776, of Capt. John Moore's Bedford Co. militia, in the Concord
Fight, Apr. 19, 1775 : "John Lane, Jr., travelled ten miles, in
service one day."
1807. Alarm of war with Great Britain. The town of Bedford
voted :
"To make up to the soldiers that may voluntarily turn out in
defence of our country, $14.00 per month as wages, if called into
active service ; and to give the men ordered to be discharged from
Captain Lane's company, if they should voluntarily turn out $3.00
per man, as an encouragement to the same, whether they march or
not."
December 27 th, the town "granted to captain Lane's soldiers
who should enlist in the defence of our country for the term of six
months, $13.00 per month as wages during the time they are in
actual service."
181 2. Madison's War. Bedford men were ordered to the de-
fence of Boston under Captain Reed.
John Lane was grantee of real estate Oct. 10, 1763, Jan. 12,
1789; agreement Feb. 11, 1791; grantee Oct. 6, 1791, Feb. 22,
1794, Feb. 26, 1799; grantor to J. Penniman, Jan. 12, 1789, to
J. Reed, Apr. 10, 1789, Feb. 26, 1799, to T. Page, Apr. 10, 1789,
to Ziba Lane, ALar. 8, 1791, to J. l>ane, Apr. 4, 1791, Aug. 25,
1792, Feb. 22, 1794, to O. Pollard, Feb. 22, 1792, to J. Whitman,
Apr. 10, 1792, to B. Lane, Mar. 20, 1792, Oct. 31, 1793, to F.
Lane, Mar. 20, 1792, to A. Cragie, Apr. 27, 1793, to S. Lane, Jr.,
Jan. 8, 1798, to L Prudden, Jan. 8, 1798.
He m. 25 Nov., 1773, RUHAMAH READ, dau. of Esq. John
and Ruhamah (Brown) Read'' (Wm."'.^^, Geo.-, Wm.') ; she b«
Bedford, 11 Dec, 1753, and d. 30 Apr., 181 7, ?e. 63 years.
William Reade' sailed from London, Eng., July, 1635, Jri the
ship "Defence," Capt. Edward Fostick, master, and reached Bos-
ton, Mass., Oct. 6, 1635, with wife >Laybel Kendall and three
Family Twentv-Oxe. 69
children. He was made freeman at Dorchester, Mar. 4, 1638, was
of Scituate, 1639, and constable in 1644, settled in Woburn, 1648.
They soon returned to England, where he died at Newcastle-upon-
Tyne in 1656, and she was appointed executrix of his will by Lord
Protector Oliver Cromwell, ''the last day of October, 1656." Nine
children.
George- (William*), was b. in England, 1629, lived in Woburn,
now Burlington, a wealthy landholder and deacon of the church in
Woburn; m. first, 4 Aug., 165 i, Elizabeth Gennings or Geninson,
who d. 26 Feb., 1664 ; second, 9 Nov., 1665, Hannah Rockwell of
Charlestown, and d. 21 Feb., 1706, ^. 77 years. Fourteen
children.
William^ (George-, William*), b. 22 Sept., 1662, a military cap-
tain, justice of the peace and selectman of Lexington, m. 24 May,
1686, Abigail Kendall of Woburn, his relative, with extra fingers
and toes, and d. 12 May, 17 18. Nine children.
William"* (William-^, George-, William'), b. 18 July, 1693, justice
of the peace, representative of Lexington 20 years in succession,
owned large estates in Lexington and Billerica; m. about 1769,
Sarah, dau. of John Poulter, and d. ir Feb., 1778, ae. 85 years.
Ten children.
John^ (William'*-^, George-, William^), b. 28 May, 1731, military
officer, justice of the peace, a wealthy and prominent man in Bed-
ford; m. 18 Jan., 1753, Ruhamah, dau. of Daniel and Eliot Brown,
and d. 20 Nov., 1805 ; she d. 9 Jan., 1798. Seven children.
Mr. Lane d. 22 Feb., 1808, ae. 61 years.
The widow Ruhamah Lane waived the right of administration on
estate of John Lane, and Eliab B. Lane, the eldest son, was ap-
pointed administrator, Apr. 14, 1808. The same day the widow's
request for dower was lodged ; her petition for allowance was filed
Aug. 30, 1808, and allowance granted Apr. 14, 1809. The ad-
ministrator presented inventory and was ordered to sell personal
property, Aug. 30, 1808; exhibited personal claims and filed his
first account, June 13, 1809; second account, Sept. i, 1809; sold
estate and rendered his third account, Oct. 4, 1809.
The will of Ruhamah Lane, widow, was dated Mar. 29, 181 7,
and proved June 3, 181 7; Amariah Preston and Eliab B. Lane,
70 Job Lane and Descendants.
executors; inventory taken, Oct. i6, 1817, exhibited, Jan. 13,
1818; executor's account presented, Feb. 24, 1819; heirs Amariah
Preston, Eliab B. Lane, Asa Webber, EUot Webber, Amasa Lane,
Roger Lane, John Lane, Abner Foster.
Children :
L Ruhamah'', b. 10 June, 1775, m. 15 May, 1796, Amariah
Preston, M. D. He was b. 5 Feb., 1758, a justice of the peace
and an ardent patriot, in the Revolutionary war three years ; m.
first, 18 Oct., 1790, Hannah Reed and settled in Bedford, Mass.,
1790, "the honored physician of the town for 45 years and enjoyed
the confidence of the people whom he faithfully served." — A. E.
Brown.
"Sacred to the memory of Mrs. Hannah, wife of Dr. Amariah
Preston, Feb 8, 1795, in the 26th year of her age.
Hark I hear my dear Redeemer's voice,
My soul must hence remove;
Farewell to all those earthly joys,
And haste away to realms above."
In memory of Hannah, daughter of Dr. Amariah Preston, Aug.
8, 1 8 10, aged 15 years.
He located on the Walter Pollard tavern site which in 1738
stood near the Job Lane sawmill on Peppergrass brook in the south-
erly part of the Winthrop Farm. In those times goods were repre-
sented in their true condition. "Want to buy any yellow pork?"
asks Walter Pollard. "Think not," answers Job Lane. Pollard was
succeeded on the estate by Rev. Joseph Penimin and Peniman by
Preston.
Dr. Preston removed to Lexington, Mass., where he addressed
Louis Kossuth, governor of Hungary, May 7, 1852, and d. 29 Oct.,
1853, ae. 95 ys., 8 ms., 24 ds. Children of Dr. Amariah and
Ruhamah (Lane) Preston were:
I. Amariah^ b. 21 June, 1798. 2. Ezekiel Warren, b. 8 July, 1800.
3. Ezekiel Warren, b. 24 Dec, 1802. 4. Harvey Newton, b. 21 June,
1806, grad. Harvard Med. Col., 1827, d. 1837. 5. Lovice Matilda, b. 19
Feb., 1809.
11. Gr.\cy Foster^, b. 22 Dec, 1777, d. 16 Nov., 1806, ae. 30
years.
Family Twenty- Two. 71
38. HI. EuAB Bridge^, b. 21 June, 17S0, m. Anna Welling-
ton.
IV. Eliot Reed^, b. 30 Apr., 1782, m. 30 Apr., 1801, Asa
Webber*, b. 20 June, 1775, son of John-^ and Sarah (Fassett)
Webber (Benj.-, James^). He d. 8 Xoy., 1850; she d. 26 July,
1878. Children :
1. Riihaviah, b. 14 Apr., 1802, d. 31 Aug., 1879, m. 30 Nov., 1826, Wil-
liam Ilartwell^ (Wm.^, Joseph^, Wm.-', SamueF, Wm.'), b. 12 Jan., 1797, d.
14 Jan., 1888.
2. Eliot, b. 26 June, 1804, d. 24 July, 1855, m. 15 Apr., 1823, Eldridgc
Mi-rriam'^, (John^-^-*, Xath.^, John^, Joseph'), b. 8 Feb., 1802, d. 25 Sept.,
1868.
3. John Lane, b. 3 Dec, 1808, m. Sarah IV/iil/orcl and d. 12 Feb., 1859.
4. Lucy, b. 5 June, 181 1, d. 20 Apr., 1834, m. 13 Nov., 1828, Benjamin
F. f/artiuell^ (\Vm.^, Joseph^, Wm.^, Samuel', \Vm.'), b. 8 June, 1800, d.
14 Dec, 1884.
5. Lydia, twin, b. 5 June, 181 1, d. an infant.
V. JoHN*^, b. 5 July, 1784.
VI. Abner^, b. 18 Apr., 1786, d. 9 Aug., 1806, ae. 21 years.
VII. Jesse*^, b. 25 Mar., 1788, went to Pennsylvania.
39. \TII. Amasa^, b. 30 Apr., 1790, m. Beulah Burnham.
IX. Roger^, d. 16 Nov., 1794, ae. 16 months.
40. X. RoGER^, b. 1795, m. Zelinda Bacon.
22.
Col. FRANCIS LANE-^ (John^, Job^ John^, Job'), 1750-1823,
b. Bedford, 31 Aug., 1750; settled in Ashburnham in the spring
of 1773, and was a soldier in the Revolution; marched as corporal
on the Lexington alarm, 19 Apr., 1775; enlisted as sergeant in
Jonathan Gates' Co., 25 Apr., 1775; on com. of safety and in-
spection 1777; captain 1781, afterward major and lieutenant
colonel ; built and conducted a saw and grain mill and owned
other property at Lane Village, Ashburnham. Grantor to J. Lane,
Feb. II, 1 791, to J. Lane, Apr. 4, 1791, to B. Lane, Oct. 31,
1793, to Stephen Lane, Dec. 3, 1796.
Francis Lane of Bedford received from his father John Lane and
wife Sarah of Bedford, 50 acres of land in Ashburnham, Mar. 9,
72 Job Lane and Descendants.
1773. — JVor. Co. Deeds, g8 : J 5 4. He paid the town of Ash-
burnham, £,'^Zy ^^s., Dec. 2, 1773, for the school lot No. 12 in
said town. The same day, with Isaac Stearns, he paid William
Buttrick and Jeremiah Bridge, ^96, 2s., for land in Ashburnham.
— 77.- 234 &- 73: 167.
Francis Lane, gentleman, engaged in many real estate transac-
tions in Ashburnham. HepaidElisha Coolledge 700 pounds for
330 acres, Nov. 6, 1783 ; Samuel Cutting 42 pounds for 35 acres,
May 4, 1784 ; with wife Hepzibah sold Isaac Stearns 15 acres 126
poles for ^34, 15s., 2d., Jan. 23, 1785; paid Grover Scolley 13
pounds for land, July 18, 1785; paid John Whiting 100 pounds.
Mar. 26, 1787, for 85 acres in Leominster with dwelling house and
barn, and sold the same property to John Whiting for 120 pounds,
Nov. 14, 1787, his wife Hepzibah relinquishing right of dower;
paid Samuel Cotting, collector of taxes, ^i, t6s., Nov. 30, 1789,
for land in Ashburnham on which Ziba Lane had not paid the tax
of 5s., 8d. ; with his brothers and sisters in favor of Benjamin Lane
for 28 pounds, Dec. 9, 1789, to 38 acres, *'one moiety or half
quantity and (quality;" paid his brothers and sisters 28 pounds for
quit claim to Tf2> acres, Dec. 29, 1789; paid Benjamin and Isabel
Lane 33 pounds, May 14, 1791, for 37 acres; with wife Hepzibah
sold Ziba Lane three lots, Feb. 13, 1792, for 20 shillings; sold
Stephen Lane land, Dec. 3, 1796, for $500; with wife Sarah, sold
Elias Lane land for $500, July 7, 1709 ; with wife Sarah sold Isaac
Morse for $57.20, Nov. 4, 1808, "all our right to the one- third
part of the real estate of John Burr late of Winchendon, this right
belonging to said Sarah Lane as widow of the said John Burr. — g2 :
327; g3 : 461, 464; 100: 127; 102: 147; 103: 203; 114:
80, go, gi, g2, 330 ; 128: 33; 246: 420; 188: 28g.
Francis Lane, Esq., of Ashburnham, sold Elias Lane, gentleman,
land in Ashburnham, Nov. 21, 1821, for $403. — 246: 421.
Col. Francis Lane m. first, 30 Sept., 1779, HEPSIBAH COOL-
IDGE, b. Waltham, 9 Mar., 1754, dau. of Capt. Wm. and Elizabeth
(Brown) Coolidge. She d. 14 Mar., 1795. He m. second, 1801,
SARAH, wid. of John BURR, ned Cushing. He d. i May, 1823.
Nine children :
I. John Coolidge^, b. 2 July, 1781 ; d. 16 Sept., 1781.
Family Twenty-Three. 73
II. vSarah'', b. II June, 1782; m. 20 Nov., 1800, John Kib-
LiNG, and d. 19 Aug., 1865. He d. 17 Jan., 1846. Six children.
III. LuCY^, b. 6 July, 1783; m. 17 Dec, 1809, Capt. John
Jones, b. 24 Nov., 1783 ; res. Dublin, N. H., where he d. 3 May,
1849. She d. 24 Mar., 1873. Two children:
1. Frederick, b. 20 July, 1813, Phillips Acad., 1831, grad. Harv, Uni-
versity, 1835, and at Dart. Med. Col., did much in literature and in teaching
in his earlier years, had a large medical practice in New Ipswich, N. H., and
adjoining towns, and had sat in the Legislature; m. 20 Feb., 1845, Caroline
Frances, b. 2 Feb., 1824, dau. of Dr. Stillman Gibson of New Ipswich, and d.
6 July, 1892. They had two children:
i) Frederick William, b. 9 Jan., 1848; grad. D. C, 1869, and at Med.
Department of University, New York city; settled in practice at New Ipswich.
2) Frances R., b. i June, 1852, an artist with many fine paintings.
2. Lucy Ann, b. 20 Nov., 1819; d. 14 Feb., 1861.
41. IV. Elias^, b. 2 1 Feb., 1785 ; m. Anna Jones.
V. Abk^aii/', b. I June, 1786; d. 31 Aug., 1786.
42. VI. Francis*', b. 20 Aug., 1787; m. Susanna Foster.
\\\. Abigail^, b. 20 May, 1789; d. unm. 13 Dec, 1813.
VIII. JoHN^, b. 15 May, 1791 ; d. 19 Mar., 1792.
IX. John*', b. 9 Oct., 1792; m. 10 Apr., 1822, Anna Cook,
dau. of John and Anna (Beal) Cook, and d. 13 Dec, 1845. She
d. 27 Aug., 185 I. Child :
I. Mary A?, b. 12 Oct., 1832; m. II June, 1856, ]V7)i. II. Fmory, b.
27 Mar., 1821, son of Enos and Ziporah (Hale) Emory; res. Ashburnham.
23.
Lieut. BENJAMIN LANE^ (John^ Job^, JohnS, Job^), 1754-
1835, b. Bedford, Mass., 17 Mar., 1754; receiYed from his father,
John Lane and wife Sarah, Apr. 16, 1775, 108 acres of land in
AshburnhaiTi, Mass. ; committee of Bedford "to procure beef" levied
as a tax in the Revolution; "Treasurers Account, Feb. 13, 1778:
To Benjamin Lane For hiering Soldiers, i — 7 — 4 ;" it is certain
that he received a pension as a Revolutionary soldier. He re-
moved to Ashburnham in the spring of 1780, to the premises still
known as the Benjamin Lane place.
74 Job Lane and Descendants.
He paid Jacob Kiblings, 9 pounds, 9 shillings, Nov. 28, 1787,
for land in Ashburnham, bounded by lands of Benjamin and John
Lane; paid Caleb Wilder, 12 pounds, Dec. 4, 1787, for 46 3-4
acres, lot No. 7, Division 2, in Ashburnham; paid his brothers
and sisters, 28 pounds, Dec. 9, 1787, for quit claim to "one
moiety of half quantity and quality" of 38 acres in Ashburnham;
with his brothers and sisters he quit claim to 38 acres in Ashburn-
ham, in favor of Francis Lane, for 28 pounds, Dec. 29, 1789;
grantor of estate to J. Lane, Feb. 11, 1791, Apr. 4, 1791; with
wife Isabel sold Francis Lane, 37 acres in Ashburnham, bounded
by land of Ziba Lane, May 14, 1791 ; paid John Lane, 24 shillings
for land in Ashburnham, Mar. 20, 1792; grantor of estate to J.
Lane, Oct. 31, 1793 ; with wife Isabel sold Josiah Lane, 20 acres
in Ashburnham, for $200, Apr. 23, 1803. — IVor. Co. Deeds.
Lt. Lane m. first, 9 Dec, 1779, by Rev. Joseph Penniman,
ANNA, dau. of Ebenezer PAGE, who d. 4 Sept., 1784 ; m. second,
26 May, 1786, ISABEL HILL, dau. of Jonathan and Mary
(Lane"*, Job^, John-, Job^), Hill of Billerica, Mass., who d. i Jan.,
1833. She was in the sixth generation from Ralph Hill, a pioneer
of Billerica, Mass. Mr. Lane adventurously settled with his young
bride in Dorchester, Canada, inc. Ashburnham, Mass., in 1765, when
the Indians had hardly quitted the forest. He took a journey to
Boston on horseback and returned with a little glass for windows
and some articles for cooking. His glass windows were among
the first in town. Being a great reader his mind was treasured
with a fund of useful information, and a conversation with him on
historical topics was always interesting. He d. 20 Dec, 1835, ae-
81 ys., 9 ms., 3 ds. Will, signed April 8, 1834, making bequests
to children and grandchildren and naming Benjamin Jaquith exe-
cutor, with inventory of $2,255, Mar. 16, 1836, was presented for
probate, Apr. 5, 1836. — IVor. Co. IVills.
Children :
I. DoLLV^, b. 18 Oct., 1780, d. 20 Jan., 1784.
43. 11. Josiah^, b. 28 Mar., 1782, m. Nancy Wilder.
By second marriage :
\\l. Benjamin^, b. 1786, d. 31 July, 1791.
Family Twenty-Three. 75
IV. Isabel^ b. 7 July, 1788, d. 13 Feb., 1825, iinm.
V. DoLLY^, b. 22 May, 1790, m. 25 July, 1S26, Benjamin-
Howard of Ashby, Mass., and d. 3 Nov., 1833, leaving:
I. C/^ar/t'j, res. San Jose, Cal. 2. Dorothy, m. Eben Damon. 3. Lucy,
m. in Vt.
VI. Anna'^, b. 29 Apr., 1792, m. 28 June, 181 2, William
Stearns, had son William, m. and d. in Oregon ; m. second,
Joseph Ingalls of Keene, N. H., and had 3 sons.
VII. RoxANNA^, b. 4 Oct., 1793, m. 3 Apr., 1832, John Cook,
Jr., of Ashburnham, he b. 15 Mar., 1805. She d. 24 Feb., 1834.
Fourteen years after her death her husband was arrested for her
murder, but was acquitted.
One child, Sarah Roxanna, b. 6 Oct., 1833, m. 1 85 1, Jacob Hart of
Keene, N. H., res. Bellows Falls, Vt.
44. VIII. Benjamin'', b. 23 June, 1795, m. Abigail Walker.
IX. LuciNDA*^, b. II Dec, 1797, m. 28 Oct., 1823, John W.
CuiTiNG of Weston, Mass., and d. 20 Apr., 1854. He was b. 6
Apr., 1800, and d. 12 Mar., 1873. Children of John W., and
Lucinda (Lane) Cutting :
1. John Warren, b. 4 Aug., 1824, m. Susan Ketiiston, lived in Ashby,
Mass., had ten children and d. 27 Jan., 1892.
2. Lucinda, b. 15 Apr., 1826, m. I Jan., 1856, Eben Damon, lived in
Ashby, and had John, m. Elizabeth Jeffs, and Lewis, unm.
3. Benjamin Lane, b. 13 Jan. ,1828, m. 20 Sept., 1853, Sarah Varney;
m. second, I Nov., 1870, Laura LLowe. Seven children.
4. Susan Anna, b. Sept., 1830, m. 15 Sept., 1847, John Parmaleel lived
in Chicago, 111. Five children.
5. Eliza, twin, b. 14 June, 1835, m. 17 June, 1856, George Russell, lived
in Ayer, Mass., and had: I) Georgietta, b. 30 Aug., i860, d. 30 July, 1874.
2) George C, b. 26 Aug., 1878.
6. Emily, twin, b. 14 June, 1835, m. 23 Oct., 1859, Oliver N. Kenney,
lived in Weston, Mass., and had: i) Charles Cutting, b. 29 Dec, i860, m.
9 Dec, 1885, Clara S. Stimpson and had William Oliver, b. 12 Feb., 1887,
Elizabeth Cutting, b. 11 Apr., 1889, Frederick Stimpson b. 8 July, 1892,
Winthrop Warren, b. 4 Jan., 1894. 2 j Ralph, b. 25 June, 1864, m. 8 Mar.,
1891, Lois R. Snare and had Walter, b. 5 Mar., 1891, Carl Elmer, b. 23 Apr.,
1893. 3; George Washington, b. 15 Mar., 1866. 4) Emily, b. 19 July,
1871, d. 19 Aug., 1871. 5) Emily Lane, b. 26 June, 1872, teacher in Rayn-
ham, Mass. 6) Oliver Warren, b. 21 Oct., 1878,
7. Joseph, b. 14 Oct., 1837, m. first, JAzrv A. Wellington, second, 2 Nov.,-
1870, Sarah E. Allen, lived in Waltham, Mass., and had: l) May Elizabeth,
b. 13 Dec, 1871, grad. Boston University, 1894. 2) Alice Amelia, b. 7 May,
76 Job Lane and Descendants.
1873- 3) Florence Gertrude, b. 9 Apr., 1874. 4j Chester Joseph, b. 29
Mar., 1883.
X. Susan^', b. 29 Oct., 1799, m. first, Mar., 1831, Benjamin
Jaql'ith of Ashby, Mass. ; m. second, Nathaniel Swain, and d. 6
Oct., 1880. No children.
XI. Sally^, b. 18 Oct., 1 80 1, m. 28 Dec, 1828, Franklin
Stearns of Billerica, Mass., son of John and ^^lary (Lane) Stearns
and brother of Gov. Onslow Stearns of N. H. They settled,
the 6th generation on the Stearns homestead. She celebrated
her 90th birthday in good physical and mental strength, re-
ceiving the congratulations of children, grandchildren and
numerous friends who called to see her. She rehearsed Indian
stories told by her mother respecting the scattering Pawtucket
tribe, who made visits to the Bedford springs near by. These
keen students of nature had detected the remedial properties
of the waters, called them "medicine," and brought their sick
to bathe in them, and took away water in their skin bottles. They
expressed great indignation that the white people had broken up
their camping grounds. The venerable lady was remarkably free
from infirmities, eyes tired, lids heavy but sight perfect, and she
had cut several teeth of her third set. To the question of age she
replied, 'T was born in the year one and I have lived long
enough." Mrs. Stearns was living in Billerica with her son John
B. in 1894. She had six children.
I. Susan Isabel^ b. 21 Aug., 1 830, d. July, 1882, unm. 2. Mary yane,
m. yohn J\eeJ, of Elizabeth, N. J., and d. Oct., 1893. 3. Sarah Olive, d. in
infancy. 4, Sarah Maria, m. Asa Dunn, of Carlisle, Mass. 5. Lucretia
Ann, m. John Davis of Carlisle. Ten children. 6. John Billings, b. Mar.,
1843, unm. in Billerica, Mass.
XII. Melinda^, b. 2 1 May, 1804, m. 29 Nov., 1838, Benjamin,
son of William Ward of Ashburnham ; he b. i Apr., 1801, d. 16
Sept., i860. Shed. 25 Feb., 1855. Four children.
Children of Benjamin and Melinda (Lane) Ward :
1. Eliot, drowned in pond near his father's house, aged 17 yrs.
2. Henry, lived in Greely, Col., and in California. Three children.
3. Edivin, lived in Greely, Col.
4. Isabel Hill, m. Lemuel IVhiiing of Pawtucket, R. I. Son Arthur b.
1887.
Family Twenty- Four. 77
24.
ZIBA LANE5 (John^ Job^, John^, Jobi), 1756 , b. Bedford,
Mass., 5 July, 1756, was in Capt. John Moore's militia company at
the Concord Fight, Apr. 19, 1775 : "Ziba Lane travelled 33
miles, in service 9 days."
Ziba Lane of Billerica, ^Lass., paid Asa Danforth 120 pounds,
Apr. 17, 1784, for 160 acres, lots Nos. i and 4, Division 2, in
Ashburnham. — JVor. Co. Deeds, gi : 4ig. He paid George
Dana and wife Elizabeth, 120 pounds, Jan. 14, 1786, for 185
acres, lots No. 4, in Div. 2, and Nos. 50 and 10, in Div. 4, Ash-
burnham.— gg : ly. His name appears in the settlement of his
father's estate, 1789. — 114: 80, gi. He was grantor of estate to
J. Lane, 1791, Feb. 11, and Apr. 4; 1792, Aug. 25. — Mid. Co,
Deeds.
Ziba Lane of Amherst, N. H., received from Francis and Hep-
sibah Lane quit claim to 3 lots of land in Ashburnham, for 20
shillings, Feb. 13, 1792. — Wor. Co. Deeds, 114: §30. He was
grantor of estate to S. Lane, 1793, Feb. 2, to B. Lane, 1793, Oct.
31 ; to V;. Goodwin, 1796, Apr. 2. — Mid. Co. Deeds.
Ziba Lane of Amherst, N. H., gentleman, and wife Lydia Lane,
sold to Joseph Steele, 3 lots of land, 185 acres in Ashburnham, for
300 pounds, June 8, 1796. — Wor. Co. Deeds ijy : 334.
Ziba Lane m. i Apr., 1778, by Rev. Henry Cummings, LYDIA
DANFORTH of Billerica, Mass. They res. Billerica, Mass., and
Amherst, N. H.
Children :
L Hannah^, b. 25 Nov., 1778.
H. JosiAH^, b. 28 Sept., 1780, d. 5 Nov., 1780, ae. i mo., 8 ds.
45. HL ZiBA^, b. 31 Jan., 1782, m. Frances Gordon Dennis.
46. IV. Francis Bowman^, 24 Sept., 1787, m. Roxinda Par-
LIN.
47. V. JoHN^, b. 2 Jan., 1793, m, first, Mrs. Patty Hopkins,
m. second, Lucy Olmstead.
VL James^, b. , tailor, Lyons, N. Y., m. Eliza Moss.
78 Job Lane and Descendants.
25.
JONATHAN LANE5 (John^, Job^, John^, Jobi), 1 763-1808,
b. Bedford, Mass., 15 Oct., 1763 ; was grantee of real estate, May
31, 1790, Apr. 4, 1 791, Aug. 25, 1792, Feb. 22, 1794, and grantor
Dec. 9, 1789, Dec. 29, 1789, Feb. 11, 1791, Mar. 8, 1791, Oct.
31, 1793. He m. 2 Feb. 1787, HANNAH LANE^ (SamuelS
John^-^, Job^). "Their parents being only cousins, they did not
consider themselves related." — Sarah Maria Fisk.
Mr. Lane succeeded his father on the homestead and d. 4 Mar.,
1808, ae. 44 years. Mrs. Jonathan Lane and Mrs. Stephen Lane
purchased Tomb No. 4, built in 1826. She bought one of the
first chaises in Bedford after the death of her husband ; and the
first cook-stove was used by her son-in-law, George Fisk. She
was b. 26 Feb., 1765, and d. 9 Mar., 1848, ae. 83 years.
Her grandson Samuel Wright Lane wrote in the Lane Family
Bible : "Note. The Dwelling House in Bedford, Mass., built by
Mr. John Lane, whose name appears first in these records and
occupied ever since by his descendants, was totally destroyed by
fire the first of March, 1847. No lives were lost, but Mrs. Hannah
Lane, aged 82 years, the widow of Jonathan Lane, was with diffi-
culty saved. The old family Bible was lost, but a copy of the
Records had previously been taken by a Grandchild, who now fur-
nishes this Bible with the family records copied into it, to serve his
venerable relative in her declining years.
s. w. L.
Boston, March 22, 1847."
Eleven children. Four of the children, Jonathan, Josiah Abbot,
Hannah and Arinda, all minors above the age of 14 years, were
placed under the guardianship of Solomon Lane, Apr. 13, 1808,
who presented his account and was discharged, July 8, 18 15.
48. L Jonathan^, b. 27 Jan., 1788, m. Ruhamah Page.
H. Hannah^, b. 11 Oct., 1789, a teacher of "reading, writing,
spelling, reckoning and sewing;" a fine mantua maker and tailor,
going to Boston twice a year for the fashions, she fitted the young
people of the town, at wages of 25 cts. for a day of fifteen hours'
Family Twenty- Five. 79
work. She m. 27 Sept., 1838, Elijah Putnam, who was b. 5 Jan.,
1780. She d. 22 Apr., 1874.
49, III. JosiAH Abboit^, b. 17 Aug., 1791, m. Phebe Spin-
ning.
IV. Arinda^, b. 26 May, 1793; skillful at hand spinning and
weaving, at wages of a shilling a week, she early purchased for her-
self a string of gold beads ; an enterprising housekeeper, she was
among the first in town to use a cook-stove; m. 6 May, 1824,
George Fiske of Amherst, N. H., remained on the paternal home-
stead, and d. 24 Jan., 1885. Their children :
1. George A^ourse, b. 12 May, 1825; was among the "Fortyniners" who
rank so high with Californians; d. 28 Apr., 1869, ae. 44.
2. Nathan Lord, b. 9 Oct., 1826; d. 1847.
3. David Abbot, b. 30 July, 1828; d. 1847.
4. Ann Eliza, b. 27 Aug., 1830, m. Charles IVm. Dodge of Amherst, N.
H., and had :
1) Died young. 2) Died young.
3) Fannie Arinda, b. 12 ^Iay, 1857, m. Harry Gray of Lowell, Mass., and
had three children.
4) Antonette Fiske, b. 15 Dec, 1864.
5. Sarah Maria, b. 28 Nov., 1832, res. Lowell, Mass.; mind full of
family traditions and memories of childhood, when troops of Lane children
were tutored in the old red school house.
6. Jonathan Lane, b. 8 Nov., 1 834, with two good sized teeth which he
retained until nine years old and was told they were a sign he would go to
war; enlisted for three years. May, 1861, in 7th Mass. Light Battery, and d.
at Suffolk, Va., 19 Dec, 1862.
V. Rollin^', b. 3 Apr., 1795, d. 9 Jan., 1800, ae. 4 yrs., 9 ms.
VL Sarah^, b. I May, 1797, m. 15 May, 181 7, Ebenezer Hay-
ward of Acton.
Children :
I. Hannah Elvira, b. 26 Mar., 1818, m. A. Peabody Morse, and had:
i) Elvin Peabody, b. 29 Dec, 1837, d. before 1865.
2) Garafelia ^L, b. I Nov., 1843, m. John Dawson.
Eben Abbot, b. Apr., 182 1.
Sarah E., b. May, 1823, d. 3 Mar., 1824.
Sarah E.,\). 21 Mar., 1 825, d. 28 Mar., 1825.
Sarah C, b. 3 Aug., 1827, m. IVingate.
Ebenezer S., b. Aug., 1829, m. Amelia
Timothy A., b. 15 July, 1831, d. July, 1831.
Maria L., b. 3 Feb., 1833, m. Bedell Bangs.
9. Elizabeth Lane, b. 22 Feb., 1835, m. Van Llorn.
10. Esther Mercy Ann, b, 18 Apr., 1 837, m. Wilcox.
11. Susan Augusta, b. 31 Oct., 1840, m. LLodkins.
80
Job Lane and Descendants.
VII. Elizabeth^, b. 13 June, 1799, d. 15 Jan., 1800, ae. 7 ms.
VIII. Myra^', b. 24 Nov., 1800, d. 2 May, 1801, ae. 5 ms.
50. IX. George^, b. 8 May, 1802, m. first, Lucy M. Dunn ;
second, Sarah H. Berry.
51. X. Charles^, b. 14 Aug., 1804, m. first, Sarah B.
Wheeler ; second, Elizabeth Carlton.
52. XI. John Samuel^, b. 15 Jan., 1808, m. Sally ^Ann Ver-
milyea.
26.
STEPHEN LANE5 (Timothy-i, Job3, John'^ Job^) 1755-1827,
was b. in Bedford, Mass., 20 Aug., 1755, lived at Sunny Side, a
homestead taken from the Fitch land.
Return of Capt. John Moore's militia company, Bedford, Apr. 3,
1776, of soldiers in the Concord Fight, Apr. 19, 1775 : "Stephen
Lane, travelled t,;^ miles, in service 7 days."
He was grantee in transfer of real estate, Feb. 2, 1793, and Mar.
I, 1794 ; grantor to S. Lane, Sept. 4, 1795, ^^ ^- Lassett, Apr. 2,
1796. He paid Francis Lane $500, Dec. 3, 1796, for land in
Ashburnham, Mass. — Worcester Co. Deeds.
Pastor's Tithing, Mem. by Rev. Samuel Stearns: ''1798, April
to June. Stephen Lane, leg of pork."
Some Lanes who were pew owners in the second and third
houses of worship, Bedford. The sum paid was for one or more
pews :
OlV^ pilVll l^clllV^, LfdlVl
V'l^/.^vy
Job Lane,
104.00
Jonathan Lane,
128.00
Solomon Lane,
132.00
David Lane,
109.00
Roger Lane,
120.00
Eliab B. Lane,
79-50
Mr. Lane m. i ^L\y, 1806, by Rev. Samuel Stearns, ALICE
ABBOri', wid. of Moses Abbott, Jr., nee Stearns^ (Edward^,
Family Tweniv- Seven, 81
John-^-3-2, Isaac^). Her father, Lieut. Edward Steams'*, b. 9 May,
1726, m. 9 May, 1755, Lucy, dau. of Thomas Wyman and Rachael
(Crosby) wid. of Samuel Stearns. He d. 1 1 June, 1793; she d.
28 Nov., 1802. The Lieut. Edward Stearns homestead and mill
yard were set off to Bedford in 1766, and he was the head of the
family in Bedford. At an early hour of Apr. 19, 1775, he awoke
his family, announced that the British were coming, joined, with his
eldest son Solomon, the Bedford company of militia and was soon
at Concord, and in authority the latter part of the day after the
death of Capt. Jonathan Wilson. Father and son reported at
Cambridge on the following day ; the former returned to his family,
the latter remained on duty, sickened and d. 18 May, 1775. The
Rev. Samuel Stearns, who performed the marriage ceremony, was
cousin to Mrs. Lane.
Mr. Lane's will, dated May 3, 1S27, presented for probate,
June 5, 1827, named w^ife AUice, dau. Lydia Harriet Hayward,
nephew Elijah Putnam, friend Sally Goodwin, Moses Abbot, grand-
son to my wife, Oliver Reed Abbot, my son-in-law, who was ap-
pointed sole executor. Inventory, $1,480.00; return made Sept.
2, 1828.
Mrs. Stephen Lane and Mrs. Jonathan Lane built tomb No. 4,
in Bedford, 1826. Their daughter:
L LvDiA Harriet^, b. Bedford, 26 Mar., 1808, inherited the
homestead and m. 26 Apr., 1827, Capt. John White Hayward-
(Martha^, Paul\ Dea. Samuel"*, Simeon-', Joseph-, George'). He
was b. II July, 1804, was commissioned as captain of Lexington
artillery company, was often in town and parish office, Bedford, and
d. in 1866. She d. 25 Dec, 1884. Children:
1. ^o/in Augustus, b. 14 Mar., 1828, d. Aug., 1828.
2. Stephen Lane, b. 26 Oct., 1829.
3. Harriet Frances, b. 12 May, 183 1.
27.
GERSHOM FLAGG LAXE^ (John^-3-2, Job^), 1 753-1838, b.
Bedford, Mass., 30 July, 1753, m. 8. Feb., 1775, LVDL\ THONL\S
82 Job Lane and Descendants.
of Rhode Island; she b. Feb., 1757. They resided in Weathers-
field and Cavendish, Vt., and in Springville township, Susquehanna
Co., Pa., where he d. 17 Nov., 183S ; she d. 31 Oct., 1841.
Children :
I. Daughter^, d. in infancy.
53. II. JoHN^, b. 14 Feb., 1776, m. Nancv Geach.
III. Lvdia'^, b. 6 Sept., 1778, m. Benjamin Farewell of Ver-
mont.
IV. S0PHLA.6, b. 12 Mar., 1780, of a hopeful, jovial disposition,
kind to the poor, generous to children, loved society, was jealous
of her rights and in her younger days considered handsome, m.
Benjamin Blakeslee, who was b. 18 Apr., 1774, a pioneer of
Dimock, Susq. Co., Pa. Their children :
1. Amanda^ b. 20 Aug., 1803, m. Pardon Fish, and had:
i) Benjamin, b. Mar,, 1826, unm.
2) Hiram, b. 18 Oct., 1828, m. first, Susan Bush, second, her sister, and
had: Fanny, 1854, Mary, 1856, Webster, 1865, Anna, 1870.
3) Freeman, b. 25 Dec, 1830, m. Miss Sherman. No children.
4) Sophia, b. June, 1832. unm.
5) Miles, b. II Sept., 1834, m. 29 Dec, 1870, Emeline Bolls, and had:
Oscar, b. 2 Mar., 1872. Nellie E., b. 9 May, 1880.
2. Ltike, b. 4 May, 1805, m. Anna Rogers, and had:
1) Janet, m. and had no children.
2) Orin, m. Widow McKeeby and had Edward.
3. Leland, b. 15 June, 1807, m. Mary Potter, and had:
i) Lewis Raymond, no children.
2) Joseph G., d. single.
3) Charles D., unm.
4. George, b. 18 Jan., iSio, m. first, Louisa Thayer, second, Delight West,
and had :
i) Louisa, d. in childhood.
2) Amanda, m. Charles Bunnell.
3) Louisa, m. Hiram Terry.
4) Benjamin F., m.
5) Orlando F., m. Mary Tyler; four children,
5. Hiram, b, 12 Feb,, 1812, m. Amanda, dau, of Cyrus Whipple of
Bridgewater, Pa,, and had:
i) Catheline, m, D, C. Ainey, and had: W, B, D,, Esq,, and Charles,
2) Elbert L,, b, 25 May, 1843, Elbert L, Blakeslee was b, in Dimock,
Pa., 25 May, 1843, studied at Harford and Montrose academies. Pa,, enlisted
in Co. H., 4th Penn. Reserves, in 1861, graduated medical department Michi-
gan University, at .^nn Arbor, 1865, practised medicine at Brooklyn, Pa.,
three years, studied law at Mich, University and was admitted to the bar in
Family Twenty- Seven. 83
1869, and became junior member of the law firm of Little & Blakeslee, Mont-
rose, Pa. Dr. Blakeslee was a remarkably able, impressive and eloquent
pleader in the courts of Susq. Co., and died suddenly of heart disease, May,
1893, leaving a widow, m. n. Mary Litter, and one son, Elbert.
3) Riley, m. Miss Risley, and had son.
4) Florella, unm.
6. Lydia, b. i6 May, 1814, m. Pardon Fish, his second wife, and had:
1) Wallace, b. 1836, m. Widow Beach.
2) Laura, b. 1845. 3) Ira, b. i Nov., 1848. 4) Alfred, b. Feb., 1850.
5) Herbert, b. i Apr., 1855.
7. Lyman, b. i8 May, i8i6, m. Lydia Kasson, and had:
i) Ida, m. John Tiffany. 2) Edith, m. James Jeffers. 3) Lillian, m.
Thomas C. Allen.
8. Rachel, b. 26 May, 1818, m. Albert Potter, and had:
i) Albert. 2) Delphina.
9. William Riley, b. 20 Sept., 1822, a physician in Coatesville, Chester
Co., Pa.
V. Gershom'', b. 6 >Lir., 1782, m. in Vermont.
VI. Hannah^, b. 7 Apr., 1784, a strong mindeci, practical
woman, member of the Baptist church, m. first, Abijah Gkegorv,
second. Ami Moit. Xo children.
54. W\. George Washington^', b. 29 Sept., 1786, m. Salue
OsTERHAUT and Olive Newton.
VIIL Patty or Martha^, b. 16 Sept., 1788, m. Mr. Worcester,
lived in Wisconsin. Their children :
I. Wesley. 2. William. 3. Seneca, m. his cousin Elizabeth, dau. of
Leland Lane. 4. Elizabeth, m. Blacktnan.
IX. Clarissa^, b. 9 Feb., 1790, m. Aaron Blakeslee, brother
of Benjamin, who m. Sophia Lane. "She was a dignified, high
minded and amiable woman, a devoted wife, a loving and judicious
mother." Their children :
1. Mariah, b. 9 Feb., 18 1 2, m. Dwight Risley, and had: '
i) Alfred, m. Elizabeth Bingham.
2) Harriet. 3) Olive.
2. Atigeline, b. ii Mar., 1813, m. Charles Keeney. No children.
3. Erasmus Darwin, b. 24 June, 1818.
4. Rev. George Ldarmon, b. 28 Oct., 1819, m. Hester Ann Cargill, and
had:
i) Rev. Frank Durbin Blakeslee, D. D., principal of East Greenwich
academy, R. I.
2) Mary, m. Mr. Stowell.
84 Job Lane and Descendants.
3) Helen, m. Prof. Mann of the State Normal school, Potsdam, N. Y.
4) Emma, m. .
5) Clara, m. Principal of State Normal school, Potsdam, N. Y.
5. Elinor, b. 28 Sept., 1822, m. 2 May, 1849, A. D. Woodhouse, and
had:
i) George Fred, b. 25 Mar., 1855, d. unm.
2) Eva, b. 31 Jan., i860.
6. Miranda, b. 3 Nov., 1828, m. Oscar Alarch, and had:
i) Charles K.
55. X. Thomas'^, b. 15 Nov., 1792, m. Sarah Harkins.
XL Abiah^, b. 29 Sept., 1794, m. Thomas Bagley. "She was
remarkable for her piety and power in reHgious exhortation, being
able to quote Scripture at will." Their children :
EtJiily, m. Hiram Baker, and had children,
James, m. Emeline Saunders, and had several children.
Hannah M., m. yohn Rozve, and had several children.
Sarah Martha, m. Thomas Hadsell, and had children.
Juliette, m. Theophilus Provost, and had children.
Roxiiia, unm.
XIL Leland'', b. 26 June, 1799, m. and settled in Kalamazoo,
Mich. Children :
1. Elizabeth'' , m. her cousin Seneca Worcester, and lived in Illinois.
2. James'' , merchant in Detroit, Mich.
3. Others''.
XI I L Rev. Freeman^, b. 16 May, i8ot, graduated at Middle-
bury college, Vt., 1828, and at Andover, Mass., Theological
seminary, 1833, was ordained Episcopal deacon, Sept. 25, 1833,
and was rector at Manchester, Vt., at Springfield, Pa., i836-'4o, at
Troy, Pa., i844-'5o, at Huntington, Pa., 1851, and d. in 1852.
He m. LvDiA Parker, and had four sons :
1. Richard'', d. in youth.
2. Henry'' , res. N. Y. city.
3. Cornelius'' .
4. Morris LitteW , of Troy, Penn.
29.
JOHN STEARNS'^ (IsaacS John'^-2, Isaaci), b. Billerica, Mass.,
18 Sept., 1765, m. 10 Feb., 1801, POLLY LANE^ (SamueH,
John^*-, Job'); she b. Bedford, Mass., 15 Aug., 1776. Mr.
Family Twexiv-Xine. 85
Stearns was a prosperous farmer on the Stearns homestead in
Billerica. His father Isaac Stearns was a well known and influential
citizen of Middlesex county, who held various local and state
ofifices and was for several years a member of the Executive
Council.
Mrs. Stearns d. 30 Nov., 181 5^ ae. 39 years. Her children are
mentioned in her father's will, Apr. 10, i8i8, of which Mr.
Stearns was named an executor.
Their eight children were :
I. Franklin, b. 25 Jan., 1802, m. Sally Lane^ (Benjamin^,
John^, Job^ John^ Job').
n. Mary, b. 28 Dec, 1803, m. 13 May, 1832, William Whit-
ford.
III. John Owen, b. 3 Aug., 1805, m. Margaret C. Walker ;
went to Virginia, civil engineer in the construction of the Chesa-
peake and Ohio canal, contractor in building various railroads in
Maryland, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, director of the New
Jersey Central railroad.
IV. Onslow, b. 2 Feb., 1807, d. 23 Feb., 1808.
V. Eliza Ann, b. 4 Oct., 1808, m. John Dennis Billings.
VI. Onslow, b. 30 Aug., 18 10. He remained at home attend-
ing school and academy and farming until 17 years of age. In 1827
he went to Boston as clerk in the dry goods jobbing house of Howe
& Holbrook, afterwards J. C. Howe & Co. In 1830, he joined his
brother, John O. Stearns, in civil engineering and in 1833, in
constructing railroads in several of the middle states. In 1837, he
returned to New England and engaged in the building of railroads
in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont. Among the
positions he filled were superintendent of the Nashua and Lowell
railroad, 1838, agent of the Northern railroad of N. H., 1845, and
its president, 1852, until his death, general superintendent of the
Vermont Central railroad, 1852 to 1855, director of the Nashua
and Lowell railroad, 1857 to 1875, president of Old Colony and
Newport railroad, 1866 to 1877, also for a time president of the
Narragansett Steamship Co., president of the Concord railroad, N.
H., 1874, until his death.
86 Job Lane and Descendants.
Beginning his career at the foundation of railroad construction,
there was no department in railroad management with the details
of which Mr. Stearns was not familiar. To the management of the
various railroads with which he was connected, he brought a more
thorough equipment than was possessed by any other man in New
England and one surpassed in completeness by few men in the
country. He won a reputation for enterprise and shrewdness
almost unparallelled, and his services were sought beyond the geo-
graphical limits to which his operations had been confined.
Nor did railroad interests absorb the whole of his time and at-
tention. In 1862, he was a member of the N. H. Senate, and in
1863, its president. In 1864, he was delegate at large from N.
H., to the Republican National Convention at Baltimore, Md. He
was nominated, Jan. 7, 1869, and inaugurated, June 3, governor
of N. H., and also served a second term in 1870. As chief
magistrate he gave close attention to details, no interest failed to
receive his careful attention, and his administration was character-
istically wise, economical and successful.
Gov. Stearns m. 26 June, 1845, Marv A. Hcjlhrook, dau. of
Hon. Adin Holbrook of Lowell, Mass. In 1846, he made Concord,
N. IL, his permanent home, a public spirited, opulent, hospitable
man. Presidents Grant and Hayes were his guests when visiting
Concord. Here he d. 29 Dec, 1878, and his widow d. 27 July,
1895. Their children :
1. Charles Onsloiv, of the firm of John A. Lowell & Co., Steel Plate En-
gravers and Printers, 147 Franklin St., Boston, Mass.
2, Four daughters,
\\\. Lorenzo, b. 13 May, 1S13, d. at Elizabeth, N. J., 13 May,
1836.
VIII. Barnard, b. 23 Nov., 1815, m. Lavinfa Beatrice Havnes.
Residence Poughkeepsie, N. V.
30.
OLIVER WELLINGTON LANE-^ (James4-\ John^, Job').
i75i~W93> ""^"^^ t)orn in Bedford, Mass., 27 Oct., 1751, graduated
Family Thirty. 87
Harvard College, 1772, received degree of M. A., 1779, a dis-
tinguished teacher and writing master at West End, Boston, Mass.
He was named, with his brother James, executor of the will of
his grandmother, Mary Wellington-Lane, who died 11 Dec, 1783,
the widow of I)ea. Job Lane-* (John-, Job'). This trust he de-
clined in a letter of neatest penmanship, directed to the Judge of
Probate.
"Hon^ie Oliver Prescoit Esq^
Boston, >Lirch 4'*^ 1784.
Sir,
I wou'd inform you that my Brother with myself are Executors
to the Will & Testament of my Grandmother.
My Situation and Indisposition are such at jjresent as render it
inconvenient for me to wait on you with him. Reposing Confi-
dence in vou and trust in him, I shall rest contented with his
Representation to you, and your Determination.
I am With Respect,
Your Hum^. Serv^
Oliver Wellington Lane."
Master Lane's West Boston Writini^ School.
'o
When President George Washington visited Boston on Saturday,
Oct. 24, 1789, Master Lane's pupils were paraded in Cornhill,
now Washington street, to welcome him as the procession passed
along. They stood in the gutters in front of long rows of men
whose strength was required to protect them from the crowd on
the sidewalks. General Washington was mounted on a white
charger, seated in uniform with characteristic erectness and dignity.
As he rode along with uncovered head, he inclined his body first
on one side and then on the other, distinctly bowing. The pupils
were placed in front of Mr. Jonathan Moore's hardware store op-
posite Williams Court. I well remember the laugh which our
salute created when, as the General passed us, we briskly rolled in
our hands quills with the longest feathers we could find. — Recol-
lections by Win. H. Sumner. Gen. Reg. 14: 161.
Item : Mr. Oliver W. Lane, by the liberal subscription of
patriotic gentlemen, opens a Sunday School in Boston, the middle
88 Job Lane and Descendants.
of April, 1 79 1, for ''both sexes under a certain age, whom habits
of Industry or other causes debar" from instruction on week days."
Lucius Manlius Sargent was one of Master Lane's pupils in 1793,
at 7 years of age, and thought him severe. "The master was
harsh, he did not like him. One mode of his punishment was to
make a boy stand on a very narrow log with scarcely any foothold,
with a large chip in his mouth for an example ; yet if any urchin
lifted up his eyes to look at him, he was condemned to a similar
punishment." — John H. Sheppard.
The Rev. John Murray was pastor and Oliver W. Lane was
deacon of the First Universalist church at the corner of Hanover
and North Bennet streets, Boston. Mr. Murray ''was installed,
Oct. 24th, 1793, by Deacon Oliver W. Lane, as the record states,
'in a very appropriate and affecting manner.' " — Memo7'ial History
of Boston, J : 48 g.
Dea. Oliver W. Lane m. in Boston, 23 Oct., 1784, SUSANNA
NEW^L\N, and d. 3 Nov., 1 793. In the petition for administration
on his estate, dated Nov. 19, 1793, he is styled "gentleman." The
estate was settled in Suffolk, Probate Court, No. 20221. He left
estate on Leverett street, Cushman avenue, Boston, where he re-
sided, and five acres of land in Bedford, Mass.
Epitaph in Old Granary Burying Ground.
"Beneath this spot reposes
the mortal part of
Mr. Oliver W. Lane Junr.
Dea'n of the Universalist Church in Boston,
Ob't Nov. 3d 1793 aged 42 years,
in whom was united the real christian,
the accomplished gentleman and unrivalled preceptor.
Beside the parent sleeps his son
John Murray Lane
Ob't June 20'*^ ^794 aged 14 months.
The stock and scion sprang from the same root;
Entwined in Heaven they bear immortal fruit."
The "Jun"^" in this inscription presents an unaccountable
mistake.
Family Thirty. 89
Children of Oliver ^V. and Susanna X. Lane :
I. James Bowdoin^, b. 4 Aug., 1785, was clerk and kept the
books of Levi Lane his stepfather, and d. without issue before 181 7.
IL Augustus Frederick^, b. 12 Aug., 1787, a baker, m. Nabby
perhaps Tr^^sk and was living in Boston, 1819.
in. Thomas Parker'^, b. i July, 1789, a sailmaker, unm., d.
before 3 June, 1818, apparently.
IV. ]NLarv Wellington^, twin, b. 30 Mar., 1791, a very fine
woman among the Universalists ; m. Elijah Clark of Boston, and
d. in Boston, 29 Apr., 1868. Mr. Clark was b. in 1781, and d. 12
Nov., 1845. ^y ^ previous m. with Cynthia Smith, he had :
1. Elijah, signed account of adm. on his father's estate, 1848, and d.
leaving a widow.
2. Nancy J\., m. Thomas A. Taylor, prior to 1849.
3. Liitv F., m. George IV. Pickering of Bangor, Me., certainly before
1849.
4. Cynthia C, b. I Sept., iSlo, m. 30 Sept., 1830, li^ashington Jefferson
Lane^, (Ebenezer'', Samuel*, James^, John-, Job'). Five children.
Mr. Clark, by wife -\Lary \V., had :
1. James Frederic, d. unm. 1 88 1.
2. Siisan, d. an infant.
3. George, d. in infancy.
4. Alfred Pickering, m. Joanna Chaplin Houghton, and had:
i) Alice Sargent. 2) Arthur Wellington, M. D., of West Chester Park,
Boston. 3) Alfred Houghton.
5. Mary A. B., m. William F. Nichols of Boston, who d. i May, 1892,
and had :
i) Mary, m. George Chickering of Boston, the pianoforte manufacturer
whose character has been described to be like his instruments, "square, up-
right and grand." 2) Francis W., m. Isadore Evans, of the U. S. Navy. 3)
James Alfred, m. Caroline Daniell, and had son, William.
V. Susan Newman^, twin, b. 30 Mar., 1791, m. Samuel Buffum
of Cambridge, Mass., who lived in Salem and d. a widower, 15
Mar., 1 86 1. She d. between 1842 and 1855. Their children
were :
1. James L., of Cambridge, paper hanger, m. Lucy H., between 22 Sept.,
1852, and 7 Nov., 1854.
2. Joshua, of Salem, Mass.
3. William H., of Cambridge.
4. Charles E., of Randolph, Mass.
5. Sarah L., m. Ebenezer Noyes of Saugus, Mass., who d. previous to
1861.
6. Emily, m. Charles Safford of Portland, Me., who d. prior to 1861.
7. Mary Jane, m. Isaac Read of Randolph, who was living in 1861.
90 Job Lane and Descendants.
VI. John Murray*', b. 29 Apr., 1793, d. 20 June, 1794.
Mrs. SUSANNA (Newman) LANE m. second, his second
wife, LEVI LANE, Esq.-'', of Boston, (Josiah"^, James^, John^,
James^), and survived his death. Her estate was settled in Suffolk
Probate Court, 1842. Her heirs appear to have been Mary W.
Clark, Susan N. Buffum and Hannah (Lane) Braynard. Children :
L Hannah''^, b. 28 Apr., 1796, m. Selden Braynard.
n. John'', b. 28 Dec, 1797, d. unm.
HL Harriet^, b. 29 Apr., 1799, d. of consumption, ae. about
20 years.
IV. FR-4NCIS'', b. 5 Dec, 1800, d. unm.
31.
SOLOMON LANE^ (James^-^ John^, Job^), 1756-1837, b.
Bedford, Mass., 7 Aug., 1756. He was returned with Capt. John
Moore's Bedford Mihtia Co., Apr. 3, 1776, of soldiers, who were
at Concord Fight, Apr. 19, 1775 :
''Solomon Lane travelled t,t^ miles, in service 12 days." He was
also orderly sergeant in the Continental army.
He said of Jonathan \\'ilson, who was captain of Bedford
Minute Men, and was killed, Apr. 19, 1775 : "Capt. Wilson was
a fine officer. I well remember him as he looked that morning.
He drew his men up in front of the old Fitch tavern and said,
'Come, boys, we'll take a little something, and we'll have every dog
of the enemy before night.' He was as lively as a bird ; but he
never came home till they brought him home."
The flintlock musket Mr. Lane carried in the Concord Fight
was exhibited among the army relics at the sesqui-centennial of
Bedford, in 1879.
Solomon Lane settled on a part of the homestead in Bedford,
where he was much in town business and is said to have had the
Family Coat of Arms. He was grantee in the transfer of real
estate, Apr. 5, 1781, Dec. 31, 1785, Feb. 3, 1790, Mar. 8, 1791,
Oct. 4, 1794, Feb. I, 1799.
Family Thirty-One. 01
The Pastor's Tithing, Mem. of Rcy. Samuel Stearns :
"June I, 1797, Mr. Solomon Lane, i spare rib of pork.
June 5, 1797, Mr. Lane. 3 codfish.
June 23, 1797, Mrs. Lane, i lb. butter.
From September to Thanksgiving, Solomon Lane, i lb. butter."
His bass voice, loud enough to make the summers start in the
oaken ceiHng of the church, would join with the tenor of his
minister, Rev. Samuel Stearns, if perchance the choir were absent.
He was "Uncle Solomon" to all the Bedford folks, in his old age —
a man of rare excellencies, some roughness and no show, who
carried under his farmer's coat a heart as gentle as a woman's." —
Jonathan F. Stearns, D. D.
Solomon Lane m. 29 May, 1781, by Rev. Josiah Stearns of
Epping, N. IL, SARAH, dau. of Rev. Josiah and Sarah (Abbott)
STEARNS-^ (John^-^-S Isaac'). Her father, the Rev. Josiah
Stearns, was b. in Billerica, Mass., 20 Jan., 173 1-2, a graduate of
ILirvard College, 175 i, pastor at Epping, N. H., Mar. 8, 1758, his
pastorate and life terminating, 25 July, 1788. Tall in person,
cultured in mind, devout and tender in spirit, he was no ordinary
man. He was an unwavering friend of libertv. He sent his sons
into the field and made large pecuniary sacrifices for the American
cause. As he reached home from a State convention in Exeter,
1775, he called his children together, told them that he had
pledged himself for freedom against rule and tyranny, and added,
*Tf the cause prevail, it will be a great blessing to the country, but
if it should fail, your poor old father's head will soon be a button
for a hatter."
The Rev. Samuel Stearns, b. Epping, N. H., 8 Apr., 1770,
graduated Phillips Exeter academy and Harvard college, 1794, the
fourth minister of Bedford, Mass., Apr. 27, 1796, to his death, 26
Dec, 1834, was a brother of Mrs. Lane.
Mr. Lane's will, signed Mar. 9, 1826, was presented for probate,
Apr. II, 1837, son Oliver Wellington Lane executor. It gave
bequests to daus., Anna Parkhurst and Sally Lane, to daughter-in-
law, Amelia Lane, to grandchildren, Samuel Stearns Button, Laura
Ann Dutton, Susanna Elizabeth Parkhurst, and Sarah Elizabeth
92 Job Lane and Descendants.
Lane, to Rev. Samuel Stearns, and to son, Oliver Wellington Lane.
Mr. Solomon Lane died i Feb., 1837, ae. 80 years.
"Ah! warm affection cannot save
P'rom pain and sickness and the grave;
But power divine our soul shall raise,
In endless life, God's love to praise."
Mrs. Sarah, wife of Mr. Solomon Lane, died 13 Aug., 1825, ae.
69 years.
"Draw near my friends and take a thought,
How soon the grave must be your lot;
Make sure of Christ while life remain,
And death shall be your eternal gain."
Children :
L Anna^, b. 19 Aug., 1782, m. first, 28 Nov., 1805, Samuel
Button of Ashby, Mass., and had :
I. Samuel Stearns. 2. Solomon Lane. 3. Laura Ann, m. Varnum
Spaulding.
Mrs. Dutton m. second, Samuel Parkhurst.
IL Josiah^, b. 9 July, 1785, d. 8 Apr., 1787, ae. i yr., 9 ms.
IIL Josiah Stearns*^, b. 11 Nov., 1787, m. 11 Feb., 1813, by
Rev. Samuel Stearns, Amell\, dau. of Oliver Gragg of Groton,
Mass., and d. 21 Sept., 1815, ae. 28. They had only:
I. Josiah Steams'^, b. 24 Dec, 1813, d. the day following his father's
death, 22 Sept., 1815, ae. I yr., 9 ms.
"They've fought the fight, their race is run.
Their joys in heaven are now begun;
Their tears are gone, their sorrows flee,
No more afflicted now like me."
IV. Sallv^, b. 30 Apr., 1789, unm., d. 7 Nov., 1854, ae. 65
years.
V. Enoch^, b. 7 Feb., 1793; d. 11 Oct., 1799, ae. 6 ys., 8 ms.
56. ^T. Oliver Welllvgton^, b. 16 June, 1794, m. Cath-
erine Walton and Harriet Blinn.
Vn. Abigail French^, b. 23 Mar., 1799, d. 17 July, 1800, ae. i
yr., 4 ms.
Vin. Daniel^, b. 5 Nov., 1800, d. 3 Oct., 1803, ae. 2 ys., 11 ms.
Family Thirty-Two. 93
32.
DAVID LANE-^ (James^-3, John-, JobO, 1 759-1842, was b. in
Bedford, Mass., 11 Mar., 1759.
Return of Capt. John Moore's militia company Apr. 3, 1776, of
soldiers in the Concord Fight, Apr. 19, 1775 : "Fifer DaYid Lane,
travelled ;^;^ miles, in service 11 days."
He lived on a part of the homestead in Bedford and m. first, 1 1
Oct., 1 781, by Rev. Joseph Penniman, MOLLY LANE^ (Job''-^
John-, Job'), who d. 12 Dec, 1820.
Epitaph :
"Farewell my friends, I sleep in dust,
Till the last trump awakes the just;
Therefore retire and cease your tears,
Prepare to meet when Christ appears."
— Tombstone.
He m. second, by Rev. Samuel Stearns, 30 Apr., 1822, PHEBE
LANE^ (SamueH, john^-'^, Job'), who d. 8 July, 1838, ae. 65 years.
David Lane d. 10 Sept., 1842, re. 83 years.
Children :
L MoLLY<^, b. 23 Apr., 1782, m. 1 1 Mar., 1802, Thaddeus Wil-
son*^ (James^-^*, Francis^, John--i) ; he b. 16 Nov., 1778.
n. Susanna^ b. 14 Oct., 1785, m. 28 Nov., 1805, Samuel
Hastings of Waltham, Mass.
HL JoB«, b. 3 Apr., 1789, d. 15 Nov., 1814, se. 25 ys., 7 ms.
IV. Amhtai Bacon^, b. 26 July, 1793, m. Mr. Hill and d. 13
Sept., 1842.
57. V. David^, b. 15 July, 1799, m. Betsey B. Simonds.
VI. James^ b. 15 July, 1799, d. 17 Dec, 1859, ae. 60 years.
Property was put in trust for the two brothers, "James the feeble
minded and David the thirsty."
VII. Sylvania^, b. 17 Sept., 1801, m. Benjamin Bacon, 3d*^,
(Benj.'-6-5-4^ MichaeP-2-i) ; he b. Bedford, 13 Jan., 1801, and d.
1888. They had:
1. Martha Sylvania, b. 31 July, 1822; then moved from town.
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33.
JONAS LANE, Esq.-^ (Samuel^ James^ John^, Jobi), 1761-
1848, was b. in Bedford, Mass., 10 May, 1761. Was educated in
the common schools; from 15 to 21 years of age was apprenticed
to the boot and shoe trade with David Abbot in Billerica, Mass. ; in
1782, shipped in the privateer Marquis LaFayette, under Capt.
John Buffington of Salem, Mass., and afterwards went in a mer-
chant vessel with Letters of Marque, spending 4 months in Nantes,
France, till peace was declared. In July, 1783, he located in
Lancaster, Mass., where he purchased the Phelps estate, June 22,
1785. His shop, stock and accounts were burned, July 14, 1786.
The same year he aided in suppressing Shay's Insurrection, as ser-
geant under Capt. Beaman, Col. Stevens and Gen. Lincoln, march-
ing all night from Old Hadley to Petersham, where Shay's party
was routed and broken up. He rebuilt his house and moved into
it, Oct. 30, 1788. He held a commission in the militia 15 years,
last as colonel; assessor 15 years, selectman 5 years, representa-
tive 6 years, justice of the peace 20 years, deacon of the First
Church, Lancaster, 30 years. His name appears in Worcester Co.
Records as a party in the transfer of real estate, June 22, 1785,
June 2, Oct. 12, 1786, Nov. 18, Dec. 10, 181 2, Apr. i, 1827,
May 5, 1829, Jan. 24, 1833. He erected monuments in Bedford,
Mass., in 1804, to his parents and sister Rebecca. His will signed
Dec. 17, 1833, Anthony Lane sole executor, codicil dated Jan. 15,
1845, Jonas H. Lane joint executor, presented for probate, July 4,
1848, . . . "My executors to retain the Family Tomb for the use
of the family and on no terms or conditions to dispose of the same."
Deacon Lane d. of old age, 6 June, 1848, ae. 87 ys., 7 ds.,
"having a good hope, through faith in Jesus Christ, of the resur-
rection to eternal life." Rev, Ceo. M. Bartol offered prayer at
the funeral and his remains were placed in the family tomb he had
built at Lancaster.
He m. first, by Rev. Timothy Harrington, 5 Oct., 1788, DOLLY
BULLARD, who was b. 26 Aug., 1767, and d. of consumption, 26
Feb., 1795, cX. 27 ys., 6 ms., dau. of Josiah and Sally (Carter)
Bullard of Lancaster. He m. second, by Rev. Francis Gardner,
JONAS LANE
Family Thirty-Three. 95
20 Apr., 1796, EUNICE KENDALL, of Leominster, Mass., who
was b. 20 Apr., 1766, and d. of consumption, 2 Aug., 1807, se.
41 ys., 3 ms., 13 ds., dau. of Jonas'* and Elizabeth (Bennett) Ken-
dall (Samuel'^, Thomas"-^, Francis'). He m. third, by Rev. Nath-
aniel Thayer, 30 July, 1809, SALLY HAWKS, who was b. 10
Oct., 1778, and d. of fever, 12 Mar., 1813, ae. 34 ys., 5 ms., 2 ds.,
dau. of John and Hannah Hawks of Lancaster. He m. fourth, by
Rev. Nathaniel Thayer, D. D., 5 Mar., 1828, LVDL\ WAITE, b.
Maiden, Mass., 2 Mar., 1777, and d. 24 Feb., 1862, ae. 85 ys., 11
ms., 22 ds., dau. of David and Rebecca (Wood) Waite, who had
fled to Maiden when Charlestown, ^Lass., was burned. Mar. 2, 1777.
The will of Lydia (Waite) Lane, signed Nov. 5, 1861, and
presented for probate, Apr. 4, 1862, besides personal legacies
bequeathed "to the Ladies' Society of which I am a member in
Lancaster $500; if the said Society shall be given up, it is to be
added to the fund for poor widows in said Lancaster, the interest
only to be used annually; to the Mass. Bible Society 1^700;
Anthony Lane residuary legatee and executor."
Children :
L JoNAS*^, b. 22 Dec, 1789, d. of dysentery, 5 Sept., 1791, se.
I yr., 8 ms., 14 ds.
H. JoNAS^, b. 21 Oct., 1 791, d. 29 Aug., 1797, ce. 5 ys., 10 ms.,
8 ds.
58. HL Anthony^, b. 28 Sept., 1793, m. ^L.vRv Miles White
and Abigail R. Carter.
By second marriage :
IV. Dolly Ballard^, b. 25 Jan., 1797, d. 10 Mar., 1798, ae. i
yr., I mo., 13 ds.
59. V. Jonas Hexry^, b. midnight, 27, 28 Jan., 1800, m.
Frances A. Brown.
VI. Mary Ann^, b. 9 Aug., 1802, d. of dysentery, 23 Sept.,
1805, ae. 3 ys., i mo., 14 ds.
VII. Elizabeth^, b. i July, 1805, d. of dysentery, 13 Sept., 1805,
ae. 2 ms., 13 ds.
VII I. SoN^, b. 17 July, 1807, d. same day.
96 Job Lane and Descent)ants.
By third marriage :
IX. Sarah Ann^, b. 14 Sept., 1810, d. of general debility, i
Oct., 1862, ae. 52 ys., 17 ds. "The church, Sunday school. Benevo-
lent and Social circles, all felt her worth — a bright pattern of the
Christian life, whom to know was to honor, whom to miss was to
mourn."
X. Mary Hawks Kendall Ballard^, b. i Mar., 1813, d. of dys-
entery, 30 July, 1 8 13, ae. 5 ms.
34.
EPHRAIM LANE-^ (SamueH, James^ John^, Job^), 1767-
1837, was b. in Bedford, Mass., 22 Mar., 1767. Soon after his
majority he wended his way on foot, with a pack on his back, to
Walpole, N. H., and stopped over night at the tavern of Alexander
Watkins. About 1790 he purchased the property afterwards known
as the "Lane Mills." In the business of milling he accumulated
the nucleus of his subsequent gains. His education was necessarily
limited, but "he early learned that one hundred cents make a dol-
lar, which many of our college educated young men learn too late,
if at all." By industry, frugality and careful loans he became the
monied man in town and brought up a family of nine children.
Mr. Lane m. in 1793, ELIZABETH DANFORTH ABBOTT-'^
(Solomon^*, David-"^, Benjamin-, George', of Andover, Mass.), she b.
Dracut, Mass., 12 Oct., 1769, "an highly estimable woman possess-
ing all the womanly virtues." In girlhood she worked out at twenty-
five cents a week and was paid in flax, which she spun into fine
thread and sold to the gentry to be wrought into lawns. Thus she
procured money to purchase her scanty wardrobe. Schooled from
childhood to prudence and economy, she was ever ready to help
the needy and destitute. Their seven girls, with only common
school advantages, made model housewives, and six of them good
mothers.
Mr. Lane d. of cholera morbus, 15 Aug., 1837, ae. 70 ys., 4 ms.,
24 ds. Mrs. Lane d. of catarrh, 5 July, 1857, ae. 86 vs., 8 ms.,
23 ds.
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Children :
I. Rebecca*^, b. 7 Apr., 1794, m. 15 Mar., 181 5, David Pulsi-
FER, Jr., of Rockingham, Vt., and d. of heart disease, 5 Feb., 1847,
ae. 53 years. He was b. 6 Dec, 1791, and d. 14 Dec, 1865.
Their children :
1. Elvira, b. 7 Mar., 1816, m. 18 Jan., 1843, William Hooper of Walpole,
and had :
1) Frank William, b. 1 1 Feb., 1851.
2) George Dana, b. 4 Sept., 1859, m. 31 Dec, 1871, Eliza W. Duncan.
2. Lewis, b. 9 Apr., 181 7, d. 21 June, 1825.
3. Dana, b. 9 Sept., 1818.
4. Mary, b. 30 Apr., 1820, d. 15 July, 1821.
5. Mary, b. 1 3 Nov., 1821, d. 24 Sept., 1822.
6. Sophia, b. 18 Feb., 1823.
7. George, b. 9 July, 1 824, d. 21 Oct., 1S54.
8. Elizabeth, b. 26 July, 1826, m. 2 June, 1847, Robert If. ll'illey, and d.
29 Nov., 1873, X. 47 years.
9. Le-iVis, b. 5 Oct., 1828, d. 10 Nov., 1875.
11. Susan**, b. i Oct., 1796, m. 29 Jan., 1820, F^i.i.^s Pulsifer,
brother of David, and d. of old age, at Saxton's River, Vt., 7 June,
1880, ?e. 83 years. He was b. 20 June, 1794, and d. 23 June,
1858. Their children :
1. George Franklin, b. II Aug., 1821, d. I Oct., 1821.
2. Martha Adaline, b. 9 Apr., 1823, m. 6 Sept., 1842, Othniel Edson,
and d. 28 May, 1859.
3. Ira Allen, b. lO Feb., 1826, ni. 4 Dec, 1861, Ruth Brown Pollard,
and d. 19 Nov., 1865.
HI. Betsey*^, b. 25 Jan., 1799, m. 31 Dec, 1833, Horace
Reynolds of Putney, \'t., had son and daughter, and d. of general
debility.
IV. Mary*\ b. 3 Sept., 1 80 1, m. 19 Jan., 1826, James Hooper,
Jr., a thriving farmer in Walpole for more than forty years, and re-
moved to Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 1, 1870. He was b. 31 Aug.,
1803, and d. 31 Dec, 1877, ?e. 74 ys., 4 ms., son of James and
Eleanor (Wellington) Hooper. Mrs. Hooper in 1893 furnished
many items for this family history. Their children :
1. Liuretia Sophia, b. 12 Oct., 1 829.
2. ll'arren Lane, b. 1 1 Dec, 1832, a successful merchant in Boston.
3. Isabella Altnira, b. 24 July, 1836, m. Jonas LLenry Lane~' (Jonas H.*,
Jonas', SamueP, James**, John*, James').
60. V. George^, b. 25 Nov., 1803, m. Sarah A. Dunshee and
Elizabeth Bailey.
98 Job Lane and Descendants.
VI. Phebe^, b. 25 Jan., 1806, m. 3 Mar., 1829, Chester Wier,
Jr., of Walpole, and d. of cholera morbus, 24 Sept., 1880, ae. 74
years. He d. 22 Jan., 1837, ae. ^^ years. Four children :
1. ytdia Elizabeth, b. 19 Nov., 1829, m. 9 Mar., 1 85 1, Thomas Seaver,
and d. 19 Aug., 1878, x. 47 ys., 9 ms.
2. Flora Sophia, b. 7 Mar., 1832, d. 25 May, 1838, ce. 6 vs., 2 ms.
3. Henry Lane, b. 19 Apr., 1834, m. , and d. 30 Aug., 1874, re, 40
ys., 4 ms.
4. George Chester, b. 15 July, 1836, d. 1 1 Mar., 1838.
VII. Sophia^, b. 10 July, 1808, m. 31 Mar., 1835, Oliver
Huntington of Walpole, and d. 25 Jan., 1857. He was a farmer,
b. 25 Oct., 1794. Children, two daus. were mutes and m. mutes:
1. Edward Lane, b. 23 Oct., 1838, d. a soldier in the Civil War at Osh-
kosh, Wis., 8 Oct., 1862.
2. Sophia Mary, b. 17 Mar., 1842, m, 18 Mar., 1868, James Kine of
Waterbury, Conn.
3. Abnira Susan, b. 28 Dec, 1844, m. 1 1 Nov., 1867, Frank Worcester
of Lowell, Mass.
4. Abby Rebecca, b. 7 Apr., 1850.
VIII. Almira^, b. 8 Jan., 181 1, m. 23 May, 1839, Charles
Hooper of Walpole, and d. i8 Jan., 1891. He was b. 16 Dec,
1809, a brother of James, Jr., extensively engaged in general farm-
ing and sheep-husbandry, accumulating large gains a.nd meeting
with heavy losses. No children.
IX. Lewis^, b. 22 Apr., 181 3, m. 27 Oct., 1841, Mary P., dau.
of EHsha and Sally (Russell) Angier, lived at Walpole, and d. of
paralysis at Keene, N. H., 17 Mar., 1886, ae. 72 ys., 10 ms., 26 ds.
Two sons resided in Keene :
1. Warren LLooper'' , b. 23 Feb., 1854.
2. Abbott Angier'' , b. 29 Oct., 1857.
35.
EBENEZER LANE^^ (SamueH, James^ John^ Job^), 1771-
1846, b. Bedford, Mass., 14 May, 1771, m. first, in Boston, by
Rev. John Murray, 21 May, 1797, HANNAH CUNNINGHAM.
She was b. Balltown, Me., 19 Aug., 1771, dau. of James and Mary
(Mackintire) Cunningham. They resided in Boston and West
Cambridge, now Arlington, Mass. She d. of consum])tion, 21
Family Thirty- Five. 99
Nov., 1 812, ae. 41 yrs., 3 ms., 2 ds. He m. second, 30 Aug.,
1 815, Widow SALLY WESTON of Boston, who d. of cancer, 28
Oct., 1842, ae. 72 ys., 7 ms., 9 ds. He was a card maker and d.
in New York city of marasmus, 14 Feb., 1746, ae. 75 yrs., and was
placed in the family tomb at Arlington.
Ebenezer Lane thus characterized the Lanes :
"They have always been remarkable for their industrious habits
and high moral character. Although few of them anywhere have
attained to what the world calls greatness, the most of them have
held a highly respectable rank among their fellows. I have never
known one of them or their descendants to be arraigned or im-
prisoned for a violation criminal of the laws of the land."
Children :
L ^LAKv''', b. Boston, 22 ^Llr., 1778, m. in New York city by
Rev. Edward Mitchell, iS Mar., 1S19, Abraham Wandle Cooper;
he b. Tappan, N. \'., 25 July, 1794, and d. 14 Apr., 1842, ae. 47
ys., 8 ms., 19 ds. She d. 11 Nov., 1884. Their children born
in New York city :
I
Miiria, b. 26 Feb., 1820.
2. Ebenezer Lane, b. 9 Nov., 1S21.
3. Lticreiia, b, 24 Nov., 1823.
4. IVashington Lafayette, b. 2 FcIk, 1 826, d. 13 May, 1826.
5. Washington Lajayette, b. 3 June, 1 829, d. 21 Aug., 1 83 1.
6. LLannah Eliza, b. 22 Mar., 1830, d. 17 Sept., 1834.
7. Sarah Catherine, b. 15 Aug., 1833, d. 26 Sept., 1834.
8. IVashington Lafayette, b. 5 Sept., 1835, firm Cooper & Dockstader, 78
Gold street, New York city.
n. Daniel^, b. ^^^ Cambridge, 22 Dec, 1799, d. 17 Aug., 1802,
se. 2 ys., 7 ms., 25 ds.
HI. Hannah Cunningham^, b. 27 Feb., 1802, m. in New York
city, by Rev. Edward Mitchell, 24 Dec, 1822, William ^LAC-
DouGALL ; he b. Philadelphia, Pa., i Mar., 1797, and d. 1 Mar.,
1866, ae. 69 yrs. She d. 19 Apr., 1888. Children born in New
York city :
1. Sarah, b. 21 Feb., 1825, m. Abner Osborn, and d. 29 Oct., 1868, se.
43 ys., 8 ms., 28 ds.
2. yohn Smith, b. 13 June, 1827, d. 3 Apr., 1846, :e. 18 ys., 9 ms., 20 ds.
3. yonas Lane, b. 25 Feb., 1830, d. 15 Aug., 1861, se. 31 ys., 5 ms.,
20 ds.
4. ^Largaret Ann, b. 17 Mar., 1833, d. 26 Feb., 1835, oe. i vr., 11 ms., 9
ds.
100 Joi] Lane and Descendants.
5. Ma?'}' Eliza, h. 4 Sept., 1834, d. 20 May, 1836, a\ i yr., 8 ms., 10 ds.
6. Daniel Lane, b. 22 Mar., 1837.
7. William, b. 26 May, 1838,
8. Eleanor Gillespie, b. 24 July, 1840, d. 10 July, 1841, se. 11 ms., 17 ds.
IV. Eliza Br.\dlee^', b. 20 May, 1804, m. in New York city by
Rev. Edward Mitchell, 17 June, 1830, George Lippencoit ; he b.
Howell, X. Y., 19 Aug., 1801, and d. 12 June, 1887. She was
living June 27, 1893, "in sound mind and memory." Their
children :
1. Calvin Griswold, b. 5 Apr., 1831, baker and confectioner. New York
city.
2. Mary Cooper, b. 19 Sept., 1832, d. 2 May, 1887.
61. V. Washington Jefferson''^, b. i6 Feb., 1807, m. Cynthia
Clark.
VI. Daniel^, b. 12 Feb., 1809, m. in New York city, by Rev.
Edward Mitchell, 5 Oct., 1831, Mary Fr.a.nsway, and d. 11 Feb.,
1850. She was b. in X. Y. City 11 Feb., 181 1. They had children.
VII. Ebenezer^', b. 12 Sept., 181 2, d. 27 Nov., 181 2, se. 2 ms.,
16 ds.
36.
SAMUEL LAXE-\ (Samuel^ James^ John^, Job'), 1778-1823,
b. Bedford, Mass., 15 Jan., 1778, m. by Rev. Samuel Stearns, 28
May, 1801, LUCY R., who was b. 30 Nov., 1777, dau. of Timothy
and Rebecca (Putnam) JOXES of Bedford. He moved to North
Brookfield, Mass., and paid Peter Harvard $1,400 for a farm of 74
acres, Apr. i, 181 1. He d. by a fall from a cart, 2 Oct., 1823.
His son, David ^V. Lane, administrator, presented inventory of
$1,756.81, Nov. 18, 1823, and the account of the division of the
estate was allowed, Oct. 5, 1824. Mrs. LANE m. second,
Thomas \Yilson of Mason, N. H., and d. 8 Jan., 1864.
Children, three sisters married three brothers :
62. I. Davh) Woodwari/^, b. Bedford, 28 Oct., 1801, m.
Eliza Swan Wn r.
II. Mary Ann'', b. 24 Nov., 1803, m. by Rev. Ebenezer Hill
Family Thirit-Six. 101
Mason, 28 June, 1832, Franklin Mfrriam of Greenville, N. H.
Their children :
1. George Franklin, b. 20 Oct., 1836. Graduated Amherst college, 1861,
Union seminary 1864, ordained and installed. Mar. 9, 1865, pastor of Cong,
church, Greenville, N. IL, joined Hollis Association, Feb. 6, 1866; has two
sons graduated at Amherst college.
2. Abigail Rebecca, b. 15 Mar., 1839.
3. Daniel Lane, b. 12 May, 1841.
4. Joseph Bancroft, b. 6 Dec, 1843.
III. Samuel Richardson^', b. 26 Feb., 1807, d. 25 Jan., 1825.
IV. Lucy Rehecca'^, b. 31 Mar., 1809, m. 3 May, 1827, Elisha
J. Merriam of Mason, N. H. 'i'heir children :
1. Henry Wilson, b. 20 June, 1S2S, a man of large wealth in Newton, N.
J. A sister m. Huntington.
2. Sarah Caroline, b. 23 July, 1830.
3. Samuel Lane, b. 18 Oct., 1832.
4. L.il-n'in Lllisha, b. 3 Aug., 1836.
5. John Jones, b. 25 Sept., 1839.
6. Harriet ALaria, b. 24 Apr., 1 845.
\'. Ahi(;ail Jones^, b. i Aug., 18 10, m. by Rev. Thomas Snell,
1). I)., 8 Oct., 1829, Dea. Tyler Batchelllr of North Brookfield,
and d. in Boston, 10 Mar., 1877. Dea. Batcheller was b. in Sut-
ton, Mass., 20 Dec, 1793, son of F>zra and Mary (Day) Batcheller;
founded the Batcheller shoe manufactory in North Brookfield ; m.
first, 6 Apr., 18 19, Nancy Jenks, who was the mother of the
children.
VI. Sar.\h E.^, b. No. Brookfield, 9 Dec, 181 3, d. 9 Apr.,
1818.
VII. Martha S.^, b. i Nov., 181 6, m. by Rev. Thos. Snell, D.
D., 2 Apr., 1835, Edmund Merriam of Mason, N. H.
Their children :
1. James IV., b. 7 Feb., 1837.
2. I^iicy J/., b. 14 Aug., 1838.
3. Martha J., b. 4 July, 1841.
4. Charles C, b. 7 July, 1843.
63. VIII. John Jones^, b. 15 Dec, 18 18, m. Marietta Van
Martyr.
64. IX. Daniel Josiah*^, b. 21 Feb., 182 1, m. Martha E.
Barstow.
102 Job Lane and Descendants.
37.
JOB LANE6 (LukeS, Job^-^, John2, Job'), 1 794-1826, b. Bed-
ford, Mass., 7 Aug., 1794, m. 16 Aug., 1815, by Rev. Samuel
Stearns, MARY HADLEY of Bedford, who d. in 1866. With
others he built tomb No. 10 in 1826, and d. intestate. Guardian-
ship of the children, Mary E., Olive, Hannah, Andrew H. and Wil-
liam, was granted to Reuben Bacon, Feb. 19, 1827 ; adm. on estate
granted to Thompson Bacon, Feb. 20, 1827 ; inventory exhibited,
allowance to widow Mary Lane made, and administrator's account
allowed. Mar. 6, 1827.
Children :
L Mary Elizabeth", b. 5 Mar., 1816, m. Jephtha Parkhurst,
and d. 1852.
IL Olive M.", b. 9 Apr., 181 7, d. unm. 24 Dec, 1881, se. 64
ys., 8 ms., 15 ds.
in. Hannah A.", b. 1819, m. 27 Nov., 1839, Charles C.
Corey, and d. 10 May, 1884, ?e. 65 ys., 6 ms. He was b. Groton,
Mass., 19 Mar., 181 6, son of Aaron, came to Bedford in 1831,
established an express route between Bedford and Boston and later
engaged in the lumber and grain business. He m. second, 22 July,
1888, Dora M. Holmes. Children :
1. Elizabeth Adelaide^ b. Nov., 1840, m. Oct., 1867, .// Rollins.
2. Charles Andreiv, b. 23 May, 1842, m. 6 June, 1869, Mary Ella Lane^
(Wm. A.', Oliver W.^, Solomon^, James'*-'', John"^, Job'), who d. 26 July,
1879. He was a grocer in Bedford, Justice of the Peace, town clerk 1871
more than a score of years, treasurer 1876 more than twenty years, representa-
tive 1881. Their children:
l) Lottie May, b. 24 June, 1870. 2) Mary Adelle, b. 25 July, 1876.
3. George W., d. young.
IV. Andrew H.', b. 1820, d. 1842.
V. William"^.
38.
ELIAB BRIDGE LANE^ (John-^, Job-^ JohnS, Job>), 1780-
1853, b. Bedford, Mass., 30 June, 1780, settled on a portion of the
Winthrop Farm, his heirs selling a part of the estate. He m. first,
Family Thirtv-Xine. 103
by Rev. Samuel Stearns, 21 Mar., 1802, ANNA WELLINGTON,
dau. of Jotham and Priscilla Wellington, who d. 30 ^Lay, 1844,
ae. 67 years.
**Now, therefore, harken unto me, O ye children.
For blessed are they that keep my ways."
Mr. Lane m. second, Mrs. SALLY REED, and d. 9 Jan., 1853,
ae. 73 years.
"Hear instruction and be wise."
Children :
L Eliza Ann"^, b. 17 NLiy, 1804, m. William Evereit, his sec-
ond wife, and d. 28 Jan., 1873. He was a chaise trimmer and
harness maker, and d. 4 July, 1868. His memorial is seen in the
meeting house, Bedford.
65. 11. Ahner Bridcje', b. 24 >Lay, 1806, m. Lvdia Bailv.
III. Susan Grace", b. 22 Jan., 1808, m. Nathaniel C. Cutler-'
(Thomas-- ') of Lexington, ALass., and d. 4 Feb., 1847.
IV. Catherine W.~, b. 2 Sept., 1809, m. Silas Wilkins.
\'. Galen^, b. 24 Apr., 181 1, <1. 21 Nov., 181 1, ae. 7 ms.
\ I. Mary Priscilla''', b. 12 Oct., 181 2, m. 16 Apr., 1833, Amos B.
CuiTER, and d. 27 Nov., 1S85. He was b. Ashley, Mass., 22 June,
1809, son of Isaac and grandson of Thomas of Lexington, Mass.;
came to Bedford, Jan. i, 1827, a carpenter and builder. Justice of
the Peace, moderator several times, selectman 1842-44, 1850-51.
They had in custody the *'Lane Family Papers," from which ex-
tracts were published in the New England Genealogical Register,
1857. They were on the committee of antiquities for the sesqui-
centennial of Bedford in 1879. Their children were :
1. Evierson Bartlett, b. 1 836.
2. Frederick Amos, b. 1840, m. Sarah, dau. of Varnum Monroe, furnished
and erected an elegant liberty pole for Bedford's 150th anniversary, 1879.
3 and 4 d. young.
39.
Capt. AMASA LANE6, (John-4, job^, John2, Job^), 1790-
1865, b. 30 Apr., 1790, carried on the business of manufacturing
bandboxes and shoes in Bedford; m. 4 July, 1822, Beulah Burn-
104 Joi; Lane and Descendants.
HAM, and d. ii Aug., 1865. She d. 23 Aug., 1891. Their
descendants in 1890 were nine children, thirteen grandchildren
and nineteen of the next generation. The town of Bedford re-
ceived ^50.00, May, 1893, to care for his burial lot, No. 70.
Children :
I. Lois Elizabeth", b. 8 Oct., 1823, m. 9 Jan., 1844, Cyrus F.
Crosby.
IL Sarah Ann", b. 29 May, 1829, m. 1849, George A. Samp-
son.
IIL Reuben A."^, b. 2 Sept., 1831, m. 30 July, 1854, Mary
Louisa, b. 5 Oct., 1833, dau. of Elias and Louisa (Hartwell)
Skelton. Their dau., Mtwy Louisa, was b. Charlestown, 1 1 Mar.,
1855.
IV. George E.'^', b. 6 Aug., 1834.
V. Charles H.~, twin, b. 6 Aug., 1834, d. 10 Dec, 1865.
VL Franklin S.~, b. 30 Jan., 1838, m. 1868, S. Maria Hodg-
KINS.
VIL Lemuel B."^, twin, b. 30 Jan., 1838, d. 22 May, 1866.
VIIL Caroline A."^, b. 30 Aug., 1847, m. 1866, Charles J.
Davis.
40.
ROGER LANE6 (John-^ Job^ John-', Job^), 1 795-1853. t).
1795-6, m. ZELINDA BACON, and resided in Bedford and Fitch-
burg, Mass. Roger Lane and Elbridge Merriam, both of Bedford,
paid Stephen Houghton and others, $1,470.00, Nov. 5, 1833, for
land in Fitchburg. — Wor. Co. Deeds, 317 : 53.
Mr. Lane d. 21 Dec, 1853, ae. 58 years. Mrs. Lane d. 29 Feb.,
1856, 36. 54 years. The town of Bedford received $50.00 in 1892
to care for his burial lot. No. 100.
Children :
L John Roger", b. 10 July, 1824.
IL Mary Maria", b. 7 July, 1826, m. 24 Feb., 1847, Hiram
Clark, b. Acworth, N. H., 12 Sept., 1815, son of Thomas and
F'a.milv Fortv-One. 105
Lydia (Woodbury) Clark. He settled as a farmer in Bedford,
Mass., a man of unimpeachable integrity, and d. 26 Feb., 1891.
She d. 18 Apr., 1885. Children:
1. Annette M., b. 28 Feb., 1850.
2. Mary Alice, b. 16 Dec, 1852, d. 22 Nov., 1870.
66. III. George", b. 7 Aug., 1827, m. Laura Ann Smith.
• IV. Eli", d. young.
V. Caroline", b. 5 May, 1S31, m. Ch\ki.i> F« »x, antl d. 6 June,
1858.
W. Ei.i", b. 3 Mar., 1S33, d. May, 1857.
\'ll. IC.mkline", d. young.
VIII. K.m.ma", b. 14 Sept., 1835, m., as his second wife, 9 Dec,
1S69, Dr. .Asa .\llen Howeand, a descendant of the Pilgrim John
Howland, 1620. He was b. 8 Feb., 1820, a dentist at Worcester,
Mass. Their son :
ll'iilia>n Arthur, b. I May, 1 87 1.
IX. Susan", b. 20 Nov., 1836, m. first, 31 Dec, 1856, Bradley
M. Clark, b. 1820, son of Thomas and Lydia Clark: m. second,
9 May, 1884, Joseph Litchfield.
X. Eliot", b. 29 Dec, 1837, m. Cyrus Monroe, and d. 12
June, 1859.
XL Amos"^, d. young.
XII. Sophronia", b. 21 Sept., 1840, m. Frank Gardner, and d.
9 Mar., 1888.
XIII. Lavinia", b. 9 July, 1842, m. first, John Kyle; second,
Nelson George, third, Harry Ratienbury.
41.
ELIAS LANE6 (Francis^ John^ Job^ John^, Job'), 1785-
1859, b. 21 Feb., 1785; res. Ashburnham, farmer, miller, select-
man, etc.; m. 3 Sept., 1809, ANNA, dau. of Nathan JONES, b.
21 Jan., 1787, d. 30 Mar., 1853.
Elias Lane, yeoman, paid Francis and Sarah Lane, ;$5oo, July
7, 1809, for land in .Ashburnham. — IVor. Co. Deeds, 246: 420.
106 Job Lane and Descendani-s.
Elias Lane, gentleman, paid Francis Lane, Esq., for land in
Ashburnham, ^403, Nov. 21, 1821. — 246: 421.
He paid Francis Lane, Jr., gentleman, $165, for land in Ash-
burnham, May 29, 1822. — 246: 4ig.
With Francis Kibling he paid John Kibling, $100, Nov. 4, 1823,
for "a shop in Ashburnham, built for the purpose of turning wood
and sawing clapboard, about eighty rods below said John Kibling's
gristmill." — 246: 418.
Elias Lane and Francis Lane, gentlemen, paid Samuel Foster,
;^40o. May 29, 1824, for "land in Ashburnham, with one undivided
half of the sawmill standing on the same." — 246 : 422.
With John Jones of Dublin, X. H., he paid Nathan and Nancy
Jones, $500, Oct. i, 1825, for 70 acres of land in Ashburnham. —
246: 423.
The will of Elias Lane of Ashburnham, signed Apr. 2, 1859,
and giving bequests to thirteen children and naming Jerome W.
Foster executor, was presented for probate, Oct. 19, 1859. — Wor.
Co. Wills, 3g4: 194, 497.
Mr. Lane d. 20 Aug., 1859. Fifteen children:
67. L Elias Coolidge", b. 30 Dec, 1809; m. Mary Fan-
VILLE.
IL Sarah Ann", b. 2 Mar., 1811, received a legacy of |i,ooo
by her father's will, Apr. 2, 1859, d. unm., 28 Feb., 1862.
III. George Etheridge", b. 22 Apr., 181 2, m. 15 Jan., 1840,
^Larv J., dau. of Enos and Tiporah (Hale) Emory, b. 23 Jan.,
1 81 8; res. Fitchburg, Mass. George E. Lane of Ashburnham,
gentleman, paid Joseph A. Gibson and wife, Miranda K. Gibson,
$1,000, Mar. 24, 1837, for land in Ashburnham. — J22 : 347-
IV. Gilbert Balnbridge", b. 17 June, 1813, m. Eliza A. Jones;
res. Chelsea, Vt., where he d. 9 June, i860, leaving a son.
V. Edwin Philander", b. 28 Dec, 1814, d. unm., New Glou-
cester, Me., 30 Aug., 1838, ae. 24.
VL Charles Still.man", b. 2 Mar., 1816, m. first, 17 Nov.,
184 — , Honor Goodrich; m. second, Helen (Peitis) Lawton ;
res. Brattleborough, Vt.
Family Forty-One.' 107
VII. Ix)RENZO Alexander", b. 26 Mar., 181 7, m. Rebecca
Brown; res. Ashburnham, where he d. 12 Feb., 1881. She d.
same day, 12 Feb., 1881.
VIII. Abigail Amanda"^, b. 25 May, 181 8, m. 26 Nov., 1845,
George W. Townsend, and d. 19 Feb., 1884.
IX. Mary Jones'^, b. 27 July, 1820, d. i Apr., 1839.
X. Marcus Aurelius^, b. 2 June, 1822, m. Amanda Ogden ;
res. Glen Falls, N. Y.
XI. Eliza Maria', b. 25 June, 1823, m. 11 Oct., 1848,
Charles Henry Emory, b. 29 Mar., 1823, brother of Mary J.,
the wife of (ieo. E. Lane ; res. Fitchburg, a machinist, dau. :
I. Lizzie J/., b. 28 June, 1857.
XII. Abraham Fgwr", b. 23 Nov., 1824 ; res. Rindge, N. H.,
d. unm., 4 May, 1863. His will signed at Rindge, Apr. 7, 1863,
giving legacies to five brothers and four sisters, and bequeathing
525 to be expended on the family burial lot in the new cemetery
at Ashburnham, and naming James B. Robbins of Rindge, exe-
cutor, was presented for probate July 7, 1863. — War. Co. ll'ilis,
3g6: 154, 384: 423.
XIII. Nancy Augusta"^, b. 24 Mar., 1826, d. 9 Sept., 1883, m.
8 Feb., 1849, Henry A. Smith, b. 5 June, 181 7, son of Henry
and .Asenath Smith; res. Townsend, Mass., Rindge, N. H., and
P'ranklin, N. H.
XIV. Marilla Jane', b. i July, 1827, m. 24 Nov., 1850,
Pascal P. Emory, b. 21 July, 1825, brother of Mary J., and
Charles H. ; res. Springfield, Mass. Children :
1. Etta E., b. 2 Sept., 1856, d. 3 Nov., 1878.
2. Elora y., b. 17 Apr., 1861, d. 9 Aug., 1861.
3. Carrie J., b. 23 Feb., 1863.
XV. Lucy Matilda", b. 30 June, 1829, m. 6 Jan., 1852, Francis
A., son of Ohio Whiting, and d. 16 Aug., 1861. He was farmer,
school teacher and superintendent, assessor, selectman, trustee of
Gushing Academy, Ashburnham. No children.
108 Job Xane and Descendants.
42.
Capt. FRANCIS LANE^ (Francis-^ John^ Job^, John^, JobM,
1787-1856, b. 20 Aug., 1787; captain of militia and successful
miller at Lane Village, Ashburnham, Mass., m. 1 1 Nov., 181 1,
SUSANNA FOSTER, b. 25 Sept., 1789, d. 15 Mar., 1867, dau. of
Samuel and Susanna (Wood) Foster, of Ashburnham. Francis
Lane, Jr., gentleman, sold land in Ashburnham, to Elias Lane,
gentleman, for $165, May 29, 1822. — Wor, Co. Deeds, 246: 4ig.
Francis Lane and Elias Lane, gentlemen, paid Samuel Foster,
^400, May 29, 1824, for **land in Ashburnham, with one undivided
half of a sawmill standing on the same." — 246 : 422.
Capt. Lane d. 11 Oct., 1856. Hosea F. Lane, administrator
on the estate, returned an inventory of 15,055.50, Jan. 5, 1858. —
Wor. Co. Wills, 100: jSj.
Twelve children :
68. L Allen Francis"'', b. 24 Mar., 181 2, m. Laura P. Tyler.
IL Hepsibah C.~, b. 14 June, 1813, m. 31 Aug., 1843, the
second wife of Israel A. Packard, b. 7 Sept., 181 8, son of Nathan
and Celia D. (Houghton) Packard, tanner, morocco dresser and
farmer, Ashburnham. She d. 17 Sept., 1888. He d. 27 Nov.,
1897. Their children :
1. Charles F., b. 1844, ^^- 6 Aug., 1899. He m. and had:
i) Charles A., m. 28 May, 1898, Gertrude Wilson, Mason, N. H. 2) Alice
M., a teacher. 3J Austin F., b. 30 May, 1890.
2. Sarah Frances, b. 1846, m. A. Burnham of Westminster, Mass., who
d. 6 Aug., 1894. They had:
i) Mabelle E., b. 28 Nov., 1873, d. 29 Nov., 1873. 2) Dexter E.,
(adopted) b. 15 Dec, 1873, ^- ^5 Mar., 1874. 3) Arthur W., b. 8 May,
1877.
3. Susan Rebecca, b. 1848, m. Augustus Searles, and had:
I) Cora M., b. 8 Sept., 1870, d. 18 Oct., 1870.
4. Henry Alfred, b. 1852, m. and had:
i) Marion Augusta, b. 6 May, 1886. 2) Everett Augustus, b. 14 Feb.,
1888. 3) Chester Henry, b. 7 Feb., 1890. 4) Nelson Alfred, b. 21 Jan.,
^893. 5) Leon Andrus, b. 17 Feb., 1895.
5. Mina A., b. 1856, d. 1866.
69. HI. Amos Foster", b. 30 June, 18 15, m. Martha Ward.
Family Forty-Three. 100
70. IV. Samuel", b. 21 May, 181 7, m. Xancy H. Eaton.
71. V. Milton', b. 27 Feb., 18 19, m. Mary Parkhurst and
Jane Flagg.
VI. Leonard"^, b. 21 Apr., 182 1, m. 4 June, 1856, Lt'CY Pol-
lard, b. 25 Sept., 1822, dau. of Willard and Lucy (Spaulding) Pol-
lard, res. Ashburnham. She d. 29 Aug., 1894. Daughter:
I. Ada Estelle^, b. lo May, 1 859, d. I Jan., 1863.
VII. Hosea", b. 20 Apr., 1823, d. 7 Aug., 1828.
Vni. Susan W.', b. 23 Jan., 1825 ; res. Ashburnham. Died
30 July, 1899.
IX. Rebecca CLAki^>A", b. 29 Jan., 1827, m. 14 June, i860,
the second wife of Merrick, b. 30 Sept., 181 1, son of Josiah
Eaton. They res. Ashburnham, where he d. 16 Feb., 1875. Xo
children.
X. Eleanor Jane", b. 27 Jan., 1829, m. Daniel Walker Lane".
(Benj.^'-'', John-*, Job^, John-, Job').
72. XL Hosea Foster", b. 7 Feb., 1831, m. Eunice Eliza-
beth Fairbanks.
XII. Charles W.", b. 15 Aug., 1833, m. 31 Oct., 1867,
Philena, b. 20 Jan., 1834, dau. of Josiah Howard, and wid. of
Horace C. Packard of Hinsdale, N. H. Res. on the homestead,
Ashburnham. Shed. 21 Xoy., 1888. Child:
I. Harry Charles^, b. 29 Jan., 1872.
43.
JOSIAH LAXE^ (Benj.^ John^ Job3, John2, Job»), 1782-1876,
b. 28 Mar., 1782. Benjamin Lane of Ashburnham, with John
Lane of Bedford, and Ziba Lane of Billerica, sureties, gave bond,
Dec. I, 1784, and was appointed guardian to Josiah Lane his son,
a minor about two years old and grandson of Ebenezer Page, late
of Bedford.
Josiah Lane of Ashburnham, paid his father, Benjamin Lane, and
wife Isabel, $200, Apr., 23, 1803, for 20 acres of land in Ashburn-
ham.— JVor. Co. Deeds, 133: 37 i-
110 Job Lane and Descendants.
With wife, Nancy Lane, he sold John Adams, Jr., land in Ash-
burnham, for $50, Apr. 20, 1825. — 246 : 41"/.
Josiah Lane, and wife, Nancy Lane, sold to Charles W. Wilder,
for ^1,200, May 25, 1829, 6 acres of land in Ashburnham, with
dwelling house, barn, grist and saw mill. — 26"/ : 621.
He m. 28 Mar., 1805, NANCY WILDER, dau. of Caleb and
Elizabeth (Woodward) Wilder, b. 23 Oct., 1786, d. Somerville, 4
May, 1853. Mr. Lane res. Ashburnham, Cambridge, 1828, d.
Anoka, Minn., 28 Feb., 1876, se. 94.
Thirteen children :
i
L Julia Ann Cushing", b. 7 Oct., 1805, m. 22 Jan., 1835, H-
A. Harrington, and d. in Anoka, Minn., 10 Feb., 1881.
H. Mary Jane Woodward"^, b. 19 July, 1807, m. John L.
Prather.
HL Charles W.''', b. 31 Jan., 1809, d. 2 Dec, 1809.
IV. George V.", b. 28 Nov., 1810, d. 7 Oct., 1813.
V. Nancy W."^, b. 28 Feb., 181 2, d. 2 Dec, 1813.
VI. Alexander Page"^, b. 30 Aug., 1814, m. 1836, Anna M.
Favor ; res. Eureka Springs, Ark.
VII. Augusta Joy"^, b. 26 Dec, 1815, m. 1841, Sarah Skidmore,
and d. at Wilbraham, 11 Oct., 1880.
VIII. Electa Frances Wilder", b. 19 June, 181 7, m. 31 Dec,
1837, Aquilla Willette, and d. 2 Sept., 1839, at Davenport,
Iowa.
IX. David Hyslop"^, b. 2 Apr., 1820, m. 13 July, 1845, Har-
riet L. Bettinson, and d. Anoka, Minn., 13 Nov., 1878.
X. Joseph Hayden", b. 25 Oct., 1822, m. Hester Prather;
res. Chicago, 111.
XL George S. W.', b. 15 Sept., 1824, d. 15 Feb., 1825.
XII. John S. W."^, twin, b. 15 Sept., 1824, m. 31 Dec, 1848,
Sarah Gushing ; res. Brighton, Mass.
XIII. Thomas Parkman Gushing", b. 30 May, 1827, in. 18
Dec, 1 86 1, Helen M. Rose; res. Mattoon, 111.
Family Forty- Four. Ill
44.
BENJAMIN LANE6 (Benjamin^ John^ Job^ John^, Job^),
1 795-1880, b. Ashburnham, Mass., 23 June, 1795, m. 27, Dec,
1823, ABIGAIL WALKER, dau. of Capt. Jesse and Sarah (Emer-
son) Walker, of New Ipswich, N. H. He was a farmer at Ashburn-
ham, and d. 18 Oct., 1880.
Nine children :
73. L Daniel Walker-, b. 4 Dec, 1824, m. Jerusha E. Bemis.
II. Sarah"^, b. 8 Aug., 1827, d. 13 Jan., 1828.
74. III. Martin B.", b. 4 Sept., 1828, m. Carrie N. Adams.
IV. George", b. 23 Sept., 1829, m. 27 .Aug., i860, Mary A.
Clstella, she b. 15 .NLir., 1837. He was a merchant at Newton,
Mass. Their children :
1. Cora J/.^, b. 30 Aug., iS6i, ni. 8 Oct., 1894, IViilurii Btirnham Cur-
rier.
2. George lVilliar>t^, h. 21 Dec, 1862, is with the dry gootls firm of C, H.
Newhall, Maiden, Mass.
3. Anna Mary^, b. 18 May, 1 864.
4. C/ara Emeline^, b. 5 Feb., 1 869, d. 19 May, 1 869.
5. Laura Mabel'^, twin, b. 2 Apr., 1871.
6. Lena ALarion'^, twin, 1). 2 Apr., 1871, d. 5 Aug., 1871.
V. Sarah Abigail", b. 31 Mar., 1831, m. 5. Oct., 1865, Joseph
Hayne ; res. Maiden, Mass., and d. 10 Sept., 1893.
VI. Mary Ann", b. 5 Apr., 1832, d. 5 July, 1842.
VII. Emeline", b. 20 June, 1834, d. 13 July, 1854.
VIII. Sophronia Asenath", b. 20 Oct., 1835, d. 17 Oct., 1863.
IX. Sewall Stearns", b. 28 Aug., 1838, m. 7 Feb., 1867,
Sarah Josephine Loyett of New Ipswich, N. H., she b. 17 Jan.,
1S43. He was a merchant in Gardner, Mass., P. O. address, 1899,
Ashmont, Dorchester, Mass. ; is interested in the family history.
One son :
I. Arthur Clarence^, b. Ashburnham, Mass., 20 Nov., 1871, m. Elizabeth
Gertrude Wolmsley, she b, 24 Sept., 1879.
112 Job Lane and Descendants.
45.
ZIBA LANE^ (Ziba5, John^, Job^ John^, Job^), 1 782-1 866,
was born in Billerica, Mass., 31 Jan., 1782, a farmer and trades-
man, lived in Amherst, N. H., and on the Kennebec river, Maine,
and at Lyons, X. Y. He m. 9 Jan., 1806, FRANCES GORDEN
DENNIS.
When Levi their first child was a babe in arms they moved to
Maine. They had to cross the Kennebec river. It was rapidly
rising on account of recent rains. There was but little time.
With Spartan-like decision and courage the mother seized as many
of her treasures as she could carry and her baby by his dress in her
teeth and crossed in safety. Just as she stepped upon the opposite
bank the swift water carried away the log that had served as a
bridge. After the war of 181 2, the family removed to the wilds of
Wayne Co., New York. Four Lane brothers joined a New Eng-
land colony and proceeded most of the way on foot. The boy
Levi at 86 years of age remembered how startled the people were
on the way, fearing the approach of the British. To the eyes of
the boy the guns of the company as they were stacked looked like
a forest. \Vhen the travelers reached Utica, and the residents
found they were not enemies, there was great rejoicing. At Utica,
they met with Indians, still restless and seemingly dangerous. The
fright was now with the Yankee parents, who refused the request
of the Indians to take charge of the baby — Lavinia now. But at
length the Indians seemed so kind, they were allowed to take the
child. Then the redskins danced with pleasure, held a real pow-
wow, did not hurt the child in the least, but assisted in carrying
her and some of the goods a long distance. It was a great treat
for the Indians to carrv a white babv. Five miles north of the
present county seat of Lyons, in the wild forest, broken only here
and there by a lonely settlement, Mr. Lane, in 18 14, took uj) a
claim and made his home, and went to Geneva to mill. He raised
a large and happy family.
Mr. Lane d. at Lyons, 20 Jan., 1866, ae. 84 years. Mrs. Lane
was b. 20 Dec, 17S4, and d. 11 Jan., 1S68.
Ten children :
Family Forty-Six. 113
75. I. Leyi', b. Amherst, N. H., Thursday, 13 Nov., 1806, m.
Sally Burnet.
II. Luther", b. Friday, 29 Jan., 1S08, m. Emily Watson, and
had one son and two daughters.
III. Lorenzo", b. Wednesday, i Nov., 1809, m. Maria Larne,
and had two daughters.
IV. Lydia', b. Thursday, 23 Jan., 181 2, m. 2 Oct., 1828, Rens-
selear Merchant, and d. 30 May, 1874. Children:
1. Nelson, b. Monday, 24 May, 1830, m. Jtdia A. Griffith.
2. Eleanor, b. Wednesday, 29 Oct., 1 834, m. Enoch Gridley.
3. Lydia, b. Saturday, 5 Jan., 1839, m. Herchel Munn.
4. Rensselear, b. 27 July, 1846, d. young.
V. Lovina", b. Sunday, 13 ^L1r., 1814, m. John Riggs, and had
four boys and one girl.
VI. Loren", b. Lyons, Wednesday, 25 Sept., 1816, m. Tamma
Van Marter, and had three boys and one girl.
VII. Francis B.", b. Friday, 25 Dec, 181 8, m. Martha Spears,
and had one boy and one girl.
VIII. John", b. Monday, 2 Apr., 182 i, unm., d. 1842.
IX. Fanny G."^, b. Saturday, 31 Dec, 1825, m. first, C.
HoRTON ; m. second, D. Walion, by whom she had two sons and
one daughter.
X. N.ancy", b. Thursday, 30 June, 1831, m. John Nichols, and
had two sons.
46.
FRANCIS BOW^L\N LANE^ (Ziba^, John^, Job^, JohnS, Jobi),
b. Billerica, Mass., 24 Sept., 1787, tradesman, Lockport, N. Y., d.
I Mar., 1849, m. Roxinda Parlin, who was b. 5 Jan., 1792, d. 2
Feb., 1856.
Six children :
I. Jonas P.", b. 23 Jan., 1809, d. 16 Jan., 1863.
II. Charles B."^, b. 17 Dec, 1810.
114 Job Lane and Descendants.
III. Nancy P.'', b. lo June, 1815.
IV. Alma Ann''', b. 5 May, 1820.
V. Mary E."^, b. i July, 1822.
VI. FR-A.NCES Ellen", b. 26 June, 1829.
47.
JOHN LANE6 (Ziba^, John^ Job^, John^, Jobi), 1793-1857, b.
Amherst, N. H., 2 Jan., 1793, m. first, Mrs. PATTY HOPKINS,
and moved to Pittsford, N. Y., where he m. second, 23 July, 1826,
LUCY OLMSTEAD of Ridgefield, Conn.; moved in 1833, to
Homer, Will Co., 111., where he d. suddenly, 5 Oct., 1857. Mrs.
Lane d. 15 Oct., 1866. A fine man — so gentle and of such an
estimable nature.
"The name of John Lane, Sr., should stand side by side with that
of Fulton and Morse and McCormick, as one of the great in-
ventors of the country. He was an accomplished mechanic and
practical farmer. He invented and made the first steel plough, in
1835, the use of which has proved of national importance and is
now essential to the agricultural progress of all civilized nations .
. . . He absolutely refused to take out a patent on his valuable
invention, saying that if it was of any value or service to his
brother farmers and mechanics they were cordially welcome to it.
.... His remarkable inventive genius and personal high
character, it is the object of this address to commemorate." — Dr.
J. F. Daggett at Reunioii of Pio?iee?s of Will Co., III., 18 go.
Three children bv first wife :
I. Martha", b. 20 Nov., 1822, m. i Jan., 1840, Joseph M.
Weeks, and had two children :
1. Harry V.
2. Charles B.
Mr. Weeks d. in 1863, and she m. second, E. Warner of
Albion, Mich.
II. Emma", d. at the age of seven months.
i-^/^^.^/^C'
I 788-1 860.
Family Forty-Eight. 115
76. III. John", b. 25 Sept., 1825, m. Mary Eliza Rodgers.
By second wife, two children :
IV. Lucy M.", b. 16 June, 1827, d. 19 Jan., 1885, m. 31 Dec,
1846, John S. Ramsey, who d. in 1857. Two children :
1. Mary F., b. Feb., 1848, m. 21 Sept., 1871, Edward Goodnoh of
Lockport, 111.
2. George Lane, b. 2 Jan., 1857, d. 22 Oct., 1885.
V. Mary Frances", b. 4 Sept.. 1830, m. 12 .-^pr., 1857, James
D. Frazer of Lockport, 111., and had three children :
1. John D., b. 29 Mar., 1858, m. 1881, Bernice Garrison, and had:
1) James D., b. 1883.
2) Jessie G., b. 1885.
3) George Carlysle, b. 1892.
2. Martha J., b. 16 Jan., 1863, m. 13 Sept., 1888, Harry Cowell.
3. Mary F., b. 16 Feb., 1867.
48.
JOx\ATH.-\N LANE^ (Jonathan^ John^ Job^ John-, Job'),
1 788-1860, b. Bedford, Mass., 27 Jan., 1788, m. 27 July, 1815, by
Rev. Samuel Stearns.. RUHAMAH PAGE^ (Nathaniel and Sarah
Brown, John^ and Rebecca Wheeler, Nathaniel- and Susannah
Lane, Nathaniel^ and Joanna), who was b. in Bedford, i May,
1788, twin with brother Thaddeus. Mr. Lane settled as a farmer
and cooper on the homestead in Bedford, removed to Boston in
1824, as a merchant at Fort Hill, returned to the David Reed farm
in Bedford, 1847, where he died, Nov. 12, i860, ae. 72 years.
He was closely identified with Congregational interests. "Simple,
earnest, charitable, a genial friend, a liberal citizen, an humble
Christian."
Mrs. Ruhamah Page Lane, at the time of her marriage, was held
in high esteem as a school teacher. At Bedford's sesqui-centennial
in 1879, then in her 92d year, with intellect unimpaired, she re-
ceived marked attention from her townspeople and old-time
116 Job Lane and Descendants.
pupils. She survived her beloved husband twenty- two years. By
her strong, attractive and original character, she became a con-
spicuous and honored representative of the two families. She died
19 June, 1882, aged 94 ys., i mo., 18 ds.
Seven children :
I. Ruilamah", b. 6 May, 181 6, d. 10 Apr., 181 7.
II. Jonathan Abbot", b. 23 Oct., 1818, d. 24 Aug., 1820.
III. Samuel Wright", b. 2 Aug., 1820, early removed with his
parents to Boston, where he entered business with his father, under
the style of Jonathan Lane and Son. He d. unm., 25 Mar., 1856, ae.
35 years. "A dutiful son, an affectionate brother, a faithful, generous
friend. He was known for uprightness, sincerity and truth ; for
kindness to the poor, sympathy with the unfortunate and oppressed,
and for a consistent Christian life, — the active service of which he
has exchanged for the 'Rest of the people of God.' "
77. IV. Jonathan Abbot", b. 15 May, 1822, m. Sarah
Delia Clarke.
78. V. RuHAMAH Augusta", b. 29 July, 1824, m. Rev. Elihu
LOOMIS.
VI. Henrv Edwards", b. 14 Jan., 1S27, d. 19 Jan., 1831.
VII. Sarah Ann", b. 29 June, 1829, d. 11 Aug., 1831.
49.
JOSIAH ABBOT LANE^ (Jonathan^ John^, Job^, John^, Job^),
1 791-1860, b. Bedford, Mass., 17 Aug., 1791, m. 17 May, 1818,
PHEBE SPINNING of New York, who was b. 14 Sept., 1801, and
d. 29 Oct., 1880. He d. 15 Jan., i860.
Children born in New York city :
I. Emmeline Ruhamah", b. 7 May, 1819, m. first, 25 Apr., 1838,
Samuel Adams, who d. 17 Sept., 1841, by the hand of John C.
Colt; m. second, 21 Nov., 1850, William Henry Vanderhoof,
who d. 17 Oct., 187 1. She d. 17 Oct., 1889. No children.
cA 6
l.^cAc</>>^^
THE JONATHAN LANE LATER ELIHU G. LOOMIS. HOUSE, BEDFORD, MASS.
BUILT ABOUT 1790. VIGNETTE OF MRS. JONATHAN LANE.
iThtce buildings were destroyed by fire July 30, 1901.)
Family Fifiy. 1 1 7
79. II. Stephen Abbot", b. 24 Feb., 1821, m. Mary L. Ban-
croft.
80. III. John Samuel", b. 24 May, 1823, m. Caroline Water-
bury.
IV. William Edward", b. 20 Aug., 1829, d. 6 Feb., 1830.
V. William Baxter", b. i Dec, 1831, m. 19 Dec, 1854,
Katherine .a. Carr. Children :
1. Emtna^, m. Bynner.
2. William'^. 3. Harry^. 4. Benjamin^.
81. ^ I- Charles Gardner", b. 29 Dec, 1835, m. Maria B.
Frazier.
VII. Samuel Adams'^, b. 5 Mar., 1842, d. 9 June, 1863, unm.,
ae. 2 I years.
50.
GEORGE LANE^ (Jonathan-', John^ Job^ John^, Job^), 1802-
1882, b. Bedford, Mass., 8 May, 1802, settled in Charlestown, Mass.,
m. first, 15 XoY., 1826, LUCY MARIA DUNN, she b. 8 Aug.,
1804, and d. 22 Feb., 1830.
He m. second, 22 Nov., 1831, SARAH HAWES BERRY of
Belfast, Me.; she b. 25 Feb., 18 10, at Barnstable, Mass., and d. 17
Nov., 1897. George Lane d. 11 Feb., 1882.
Children :
I Fr.\nces Maria", b. 26 Aug., 1827, d. 2 June, 1885.
II. Lucy Miranda", b. 26 Jan., 1829, d. Oct., 1830.
By second marriage :
82. III. Charles DeWitt", b. Charlestown, Mass., 2 Feb.,
1833, m. Josephine Bell Baker.
IV. Elizabeth Nickerson", b. 2 Nov., 1835, m. 30 Oct., i860,
Charles A. Church.
V. Ellen Watson", b, 25 Feb., 1839.
VI. RICH.-VRD Byron Clarke", b. 10 Feb., 1843, d. at Panama,
Cal., Sept. 30, 1 88 1. Served in civil war of 186 1, was in Gen.
118 Job Lane and Descendants.
Banks' division on Red river, and had honorable mention for
bravery.
VII. Frank Ernest", b. 12 Aug., 1850, d. 25 Nov., 1854.
51.
CHARLES LANE6 (Jonathan-^ John^ Job^ John^, Job^), 1804-
1872, b. Bedford, Mass., 14 Aug., 1804, resided in Boston and
Dorchester, Mass. He made a speech at the dedication of Bed-
ford town hall, in 1856, and was the donor of the town hall clock.
He m. first, 22 Nov., 1827, SARAH BANCROFT WHEELER,
who d. 5 Apr., 1844; m. second, 10 Apr., 1845, ELIZABETH
CARLTON of Dorchester. He d. 14 Oct., 1872, by an assassin's
bullet at his own threshold in Dorchester.
Children :
I. Charles Bancroft"'', b. Boston, 4 Aug., 1828, d. Dorchester,
19 r^Iay, 1849.
IL Sarah Elizabeth Dexter", b. 8 x^ug., 1834, m. 21 July,
1864, Lester Goodwin of Hartford, Ct. ; residence Newton, Mass.
One son :
I. Bancroft Lane, b. Dorchester, 25 May, 1865, graduated Harv. Col.,
1887.
III. Harriet Felicia", b. 9 July, 1841, m. 23 Oct., 1862,
James W. Bartlett, D.D.S. ; res. Roxbury and Newton. Children :
1. Charles Lane, b. Roxbury, l8 Aug., 1863, d. Newton, I Dec, 1887.
2. Sidney Roland, b. 20 Nov., i8b4, graduated Institute Technology,
Boston, 1887, and from Harvard Dental College, 1890; m. 25 Oct., 1894,
Mabel Landell, she h. Philadelphia, Pa., 9 Jan., 1869. Children born in
Colorado Springs, Col.:
1) Eleanor, 1 . , t ,o«-
2) Landell, / ^- M Jan., 1897.
52.
JOHN SAMUEL LANE^ (Jonathan^, John^, Job-^ John^, Job^),
1808-1856, b. Bedford, Mass., 15 Jan., 1808, m. 12 May, 1834,
Family Fifty-Three. Ill)
SALLV ANN VKRMILVEA; she b. ii Feb., 1816, and d. 24
Aug., 1878. He d. 21 July, 1856.
Children :
I. Hannah", b. 25 Apr., 1835, m. first, 12 Dec, 1S53, Theo-
dore Van Riper, who was b. i Jan., 1830, and d. 18 Aug., 1869;
m. second, 22 Feb., 1875, James G. Beach, who was b. 1842, and
d. 10 Oct., 1898. She d. 11 June, 1895. Child:
I. Arlitte Letitia (Van Riper), b. 27 Dec, 1855, m. 18 May, 1896,
Harrald T. Qnartrup^ who was b. 4 Feb., 1853.
II. Mary Amelia', b. 12 Jan., 1837, d. 15 Mar., 1838.
HI. Geor<;e Edward"^, b. 20 Jan., 1839, m. 1S72, Emma Mid-
DLETON, and d. 5 Mar., 1898. No children.
1\'. Eliza Ann", b. 21 Jan., 1S42, m. 13 Oct., 1869, Fr.\nk
Chase S.mith ; he b. 19 Jan., 1843, residence 1899, 135 Reef
street, Brooklyn, X. \ . Child :
I. Georze EihvarJ, b. 29 Aug., 1874, employed in a piano warehouse.
83. \ . Pj^fnezfr Hayward", b. 6 Xoy., 1848, m. Catherine
Murray.
VI. Oliver Abroit", b. 26 Nov., 1S50, clerk Colonial club,
unm.
Vn. John Abraham", b. Jnlv. 1852, d. June, 1856.
53.
JOHN LANEC (Gershom F.^, John^-^-^, Job^), 1776 , was
born in Weathersfield, Vt., 14 or 17 Feb., 1776, moved with his
parents Jo Penn., m. NANCY GEACH ; lived in AVestmoreland
Co., Penn., and settled in Ohio about 181 2.
Children :
I. Mary", m, Joseph Springer.
n. Jemima", m. Archibald McCollum, and had son James, res.
Creston, Iowa.
III. Rhoda", m. Simeon Nott (?) and Willlvm Benjamin.
120 Job Lane and Descendants.
IV. Hannah", m. George Highbargain, and had son, H. High-
bargam, b. 1817, res. Richwood, Ohio.
V. LuciNDA^, d. at the age of 14 years.
84. VI. Hiram H.", b. 24 Oct., 1802, m. Drusilla E. Davis.
VII. Sarah", m. Alfred Ellis.
VIII. Maria"^, m. William Howland.
IX. Jacob''', m. Elizabeth Sioneman.
X. Willia:m'^, d. se. about 20 years.
85. XL Richard", b. 14 Feb., 181 2, m. Elizabeth Horn.
54:.
GEORGE WASHINGTON LANE^ (Gershom F.-^ John^-^-^
Jobi), was born in Weathersfield, Vt., 26 Sept., 1786, m. first,
SALLY OSTERHOUT, who died in 1818; m. second, OLIVE
NEWTON of Brattleborough, Vt., and removed to Montrose, Sus-
quehanna Co., Pa. He had a remarkable memory and was a great
lover of history.
Ten children :
I. Stillman'', b. 1809, d. at the age of 21 years.
II. Olive", b. 181 5, a very successful teacher, m. 1849, Ezekiel
Gage. Had :
I. Helen, b. 1855, m. 1876, Eli Meeker of Binghampton, N. Y., and had:
i) Roscoe E., b. 28 July, 1881.
By second marriage :
HI. Malvina Caroline"^, d. in infancy.
86. IV. Mary Eveline", b. 25 Nov., 1823, m. Daniel Lloyd
North.
V. Newton", b. i Oct., 1825, was a school teacher, enhsted
1 86 1, in First Pa. cavalry, and was captured by the Confederates
1863, deputy sheriff i866-'69, railroad contractor, farmer in
Illinois; died in Thomas Co., Kansas, greatly respected, unm., 19
Feb., 1888.
Family Fifty- Five. 121
VI. S. Lauretta", b. 21 May, 1827, m. Apr., 1850, Caleb
ALEX.A.NDER of Boston, Mass. Their children :
1. Ada, b. 24 Dec, 185 1, m. 28 Oct., 1886, Robert McDozvell, and had
two daughters.
2. Ellen Olive, b. 13 Sept., 1854, m, 24 Dec, 1872, IVafson T. Hunter,
and had :
i) Augusta, b. 14 Dec, 1873. 2) Paul, b. 1 1 Mar., 1876.
3. Lillian, b. 27 Aug., 1857, m. about 1881, John C. Fenton. No
children.
VII. Otis"^, b. 6 Mar., 1829, d. April, 1837.
VIII. Jennie H.", b. 26 Dec, 1832, taught school from the age
of 15 to 34 years, m. 19 Dec, 1867, Thomas Rodgers from Eng-
land, and lived in Silver Lake, Pa. He d. 10 Mar., 1892; she d.
of heart failure 15 Oct., 1893. Their children :
1. iVe'iVton, b. 19 Feb., 1S69.
2. Daisy, b. 9 Jan., 187 1.
3. Ktit/i, b. 7 Nov., 1872, d. 10 Mar., 1873.
87. IX. Samuel Freeman", b. 31 Aug., 1834, m. Katk \Vells.
X. Emma", b. 19 Dec, 1837, graduated at Hudson River In-
stitute, now Claverack College, 1861, taught at Charlestovvn, Md.,
Aug., 1 86 1, to 1866, preceptress at Claverack, Sept., 1866, to sum-
mer of 1869. She m. 20 Oct., 1869, Rev. D. C. Olmstead, who
received the degree of A. M. in 1885, and d. 12 Oct., 1888. No
children. Mrs. Olmstead was connected with the Creenwich
Academy 1890, onward. Her report as secretary of the Wyoming
Methodist Episcopal Conference to the Philadelphia Branch of the
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, 1892, closed with the verses
of T/te Tapestry Weavers.
"Let us take to our hearts a lesson — no lesson can braver be —
From the ways of the tapestry weavers on thejDther side of the sea."
— Anson G. Chester.
55.
THOMAS LANE6 (Gershom F.^, John^-3-2, Job^), b. Weathers-
field, Vt., 13 Nov., 1792, lived in Montrose, Pa., a farmer and
devout member of the Methodist church, noted for his Biblical
knowledge, and d. 7 Jan., 1853. He m. 30 Jan., 181 7, Sarah Har-
KiNS; she b. i July, 1794, and d. 10 Dec, 1880.
122 Job Lane and Descendants.
Their children were :
I. Roseita", b. 4 Aug., 1820, m. Joseph Bramhall, who was b.
5 Sept., 1799, and lived in Springville, Penn. Their children
were :
1. Rev. Mclvifi Edmund, b, 24 Dec, 1842, a Methodist preacher, m. 24
Dec, 1874, Polly Calhcrine Holmes, who was b. I Oct., 1841. No children.
2. Charles Olin, b. 16 Aug., 1848, finished his education at Yale College.
II. Elmina", b. 20 May, 1822, d. 12 Sept., 1824.
III. Hannah~, b. 23 May, 1824, m. 18 Apr., 1849, Jackson
Lewis, lived in Springville, Pa. Their daughter :
I, Minnie, m. Calvin D. Pipher, and had :
i) Lewis. 2) Julia C. 3) Maynard. 4) Lottie May. 5) Jessie Pearl.
6) Lemuel. 7) Rosetta.
IV. Lydia Ann^, b. 2 2 July, 1827, d. 7 July, 1829.
88. V. Clementine"^, b. 30 July, 1829, m. Aaron Bunnell.
VI. Horace Agard", b. 23 Nov., 183 1, d. young.
89. Vn. Anne Maria"^, b. 22 Jan., 1833, m. Lucius Euard
Williams.
90. Vm. Charlotte", b. 15 Mar., 1837, m. Lemuel Blakes-
LEE.
IX. Gershom Flagg"^, d. young.
56.
OIJVER WELLINGTON LANE^ (Solomon^ James^-^ John^,
Job'), 1 794-1877, b. Bedford, Mass., 16 June, 1794, was
moderator and selectman of Bedford. Fifteen days after the
outrage upon Fort Sumter, Apr. 12, 1861, he contributed the
most towering pine from the forest of the Lanes of Indian and
Revolutionary fame, which was erected as a Liberty Pole on the
Common or Training Field, Apr. 27, 1861, around which the peo-
ple rallied and from which the flag of the Union was unfurled and
waved daily during the years of the bloody conflict.
Mr. Lane m. first, by Rev. Samuel Stearns, 23 July, 1818,
Catherine W\4lton of Bedford, who d. 30 July, 1841 ; m. second.
Family Fifit-Six. 123
by Rev. G. W. Woodward, 26 Feb., 1S43, Mrs. HARRIET
BLIXX, widow of Richard D. Blinn, sea captain of Boston, and
dau. of Jacob and Sarah (Trask) Gragg of Groton, Mass., who d. 6
June, 1869, ae. 71 years. He d. 15 Aug., 1877, as. St, yrs., 2 ms.
Children :
I. Sarah Elizabeth", b. 27 Nov., 181 8, m. 20 Sept., 1838,
Henry Goodwin of Bedford. She wrought in canvas the Lane
coat of arms handed down through her granih'ather, Solomon Lane.
Their children were :
Henry Oliver, b. 25 June, 1839, m. 5 July, 1S60, Hannah Paine.
Frank IV., b. 4 July, 1841, m. 26 Dec, 1S68, Sarah E. Roberts.
Charles JV., h. 4 Sept., 1S43.
Joseph A., b. 31 Oct., 1S45, m. 1876, Emma E. Ashhy.
George E., b. 13 Apr., 1847, m. first, in Aug., 1S74, Mary Richardson^
second, 12 Feb., 1891, Mrs. Melvina M. Shedd.
6. Katherinc /:"., b. 28 May, 1857.
H. ^LARY Whiting", b. 31 >Lir., 1820, m. 26 Sept., 1841,
George W. Briggs, and d. 4 Apr., 1866.
91. III. William Augustus"^, b. 12 Mar., 1S22, m. Mary L.
Wright, Julia M. Houghton and Sarah M. Lane.
IV. Catherine Amelia", b. 4 Dec, 1823, m. 5 Oct., 1845,
Joseph H. Goodwin, son of Uriah and Nancy (Hood) Goodwin.
Their children were :
1. Ann Catherine, b. 1846, d. 1846.
2. Mary Ada line, b. 21 Jan., 1 85 1, m. Charles Lozve.
3. Joseph Eranklin, d. young.
4. Ahbie Josephine, b. 20 Jan., 1855, m. Daniel E. Hay ties.
5. Harry Ellsworth, b. 27 June, 1866, d. 2 Feb., 1876.
V. Abigail Rebecca", b. 3 June, 1826, d. 29 June, 1854, m. 16
Oct., 1847, Samuel S. Wii^on ; he b. 1821, son of John B. and
Mary Wilson. He m. second, Laura Ann Lane, VIII.
92. VL Oliver Josiah", b. 29 Jan., 1828, m. Mary An^n Bil-
lings.
VII. Laura Ann", b. 21 July, 1830, d. 26 Apr., 1834, ae. 3 ys.,
9 ms.
VIII. Lauk\ Ann", b. 1 May, 1834, m. 29 Nov., 1855, Samuel
S. Wilson, and d. 15 June, 1863. See V.
124 Job Lane and Descendants.
93. IX. Samuel Leavitt"^, b. 24 Feb., 1838, m. 23 May,
1 86 1, Frances E. Pinkham.
X. Henry Francis", b. 4 Sept., 1839, d. i May, 1841,36. i yr.,
8 ms.
57.
DAVID LANE, Jr.g (David^ James-*-^, John^, Job'), 1796-
1853, b. Bedford, Mass., 7 Sept., 1796, m. 26 Jan., 1826, BETSEY
B. SIMONDS, dau. of Joseph and Abigail of Wilton, N. H., who
d. 15 Dec, 1868, se. 69 yrs., i mo., 25 ds. He settled on a part
of the homestead in Bedford, and d. 19 Jan., 1853, se. 56 years.
Children :
1. Mary Ann', b. 2 Aug., 1826, m. William Kelsea, and d. 29
July, 1875.
94. II. Job Blanchard^, b. 18 Oct., 1828, m. Caroline P.
Russell.
III. Caroline E.^ twin, b. 10 Oct., 1833, m. 30 Nov., 1853,
Fairfield R. Davis; he was son of Zenas, b. Nashua, N. H., 1830,
settled in Bedford, 1864 ; was a town officer and d. 30 June, 1867.
Their children :
1. Ada C, b. 5 Feb., 1858, m. Rufus E. Bellows^ of Dorchester, Mass.
2. Walter, b. l86l, d. 1863,
3. George IF., b. 6 Dec, 1866, m. Emily L. Bello7vs of Dorchester, Mass.
IV. Maria S.', twin, b. 10 Oct., 1833, m. 27 May, 1854,
George Isaacs, and d. 31 Mar., 1872. He was son of John and
Mary Isaacs, b. 1833, and d. 30 Nov., 1872, se. 38 years.
58.
ANTHONY LANE" (Jonas-'', Samuel', James^ John^, Job',),
1 793-1869, b. Lancaster, Mass., 28 Sept., 1793, a cabinet maker
and farmer in Lancaster; m. first, by Rev. Cyrus Mann., 22 Oct.,
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1822, MARY MILES WHITE; she b. i June, 1796, and d. of
consumption, 16 June, 1865, se. 69 yrs., 16 ds., dau. of Dea.
James and Mary (Miles) White of Westminster, Mass. Her will,
signed Oct. 8, 1864, proved July 5, 1865, named her husband,
Anthony Lane, executor. He m. second, by Rev. Benjamin B.
Flaggin Cambridge, Mass., 6 Dec, 1866, ABIGAIL REBECCA
CARTER" (Solomon*^, Ephraim'*-"^, SamueP, Rev. Samuel'^, Rev.
Thomas^, of Woburn, Mass.) ; she b. i June, 1796, dau. of Solomon
Carter, deputy sheriff, and his wife, Elizabeth \\'hite, of Lancaster.
His name appears in the transfer of real estate, Aug. 20, 181 8,
Feb. 15, 1819, Jan. 25, 1833. Anthony Lane was a member of
the general committee of ten persons to commemorate the two-
hundreth anniversary of the town of Lancaster, incorporated May
28, 1653. He was also vice-president on the day of the celebra-
tion, June 15, 1853. He d. of cancer, 20 Dec, 1869, ae. 76 yrs.,
3 ms., 8ds.
His will signed Sept. 5, 1867, left bequests to wife, Abby R. Lane, $13,000,
to my late brother's children, Eliza Richardson, J. 11. Lane, and Charlotte T.
Lane, $2,000 each, to Henry Carey, $1,000, to Mary Ann Townsend, $600,
to each of J. H. Lane's children, $500, except Anthony, to him $1,000 for
his name, to Moses W. Richardson, $500, to Charlotte T. Lane, $500 more if
she remain single, to the Sewing Circle in Lancaster, in which my wife is a
member, $500, to the selectmen of Lancaster to take care of my lot in the
North village cemetery, $200, to Sarah Everett, Anthony Lane Sawyer,
Anthony Lane Harrington and Phebe White, each $100. J. H. Lane and
Moses W. Richardson, executors. Abigail R. Lane, widow of Anthony Lane,
waived her allowance in the will of her husband, Jan. 6, 1870. — It^or. Co.
Wills, S99- 26S.
59.
JONAS HENRY LANE, M. D.e (Jonas^ SamueH, James^,
John-, Job'), 1 800-1 86 1, was b. at Lancaster, Mass., midnight,
27, 28 Jan., 1800, was bap. under the name of Henry, but re-
ceived the addition of Jonas by act of legislature, June 18, 1825.
When tvvo years old he had white swelling at right hip joint, the
head of the thigh bone passed from its socket and a new socket
126 Job Lane and Descendants.
was formed shortening the Hmb about two inches ; was educated in
the public schools until fourteen, then at the academies in Groton,
1 8 14, Leicester and Lancaster ; graduated at Harvard L'niversity,
1821 ; studied medicine at Westminster, at McLean Asylum, with
Rufus Wyman, M. D., with John P. Spooner, M. D., and in Mass.
General Hospital; received the degree ^L D. from Harvard, 1826,
commenced the practice of medicine in Boston, at No. 10 Hanover
Street, 1826, No. 25 School Street, 1829, 170 Washington Street,
1830 to 1848, then at No. 4 Montgomery Place. He was the first
physician in Boston and probably in New England, Sept. 28,
1846, to treat diseases of the larynx, trachea and bronchia by the
local application of the solution of nitrate of silver, which he learned
of Dr. Horace Green of the City of New York.
He was thrown from his chaise upon the sidewalk in Charles
Street, July 6, 1847, his health injured and little finger of left hand
crushed and amputated and the hand never recovered its strength
and usefulness. He responded by letter to the invitation to be
present at the celebration of the two-hundreth anniversary of the
incorporation of Lancaster, Mass., June 15, 1S53. In the open-
ing of 1 86 1, with the War of the Rebellion, he became very
anxious about his country's welfare, and, at the defeat of the L^nion
forces at the first battle of Bull Run, received the attack which re-
sulted in his death by paralysis, 5 Sept., 1861, se. 61 yrs , 7 ms.,
8ds.
Dr. Lane attended the ministry of Rev. Lyman Beecher, D. D.,
1828, and united with the Hanover Street church in March, 1829.
He continued his connection with the same society in its removal
to Salem Street and Bowdoin Street under the pastoral care of Rev.
Messrs. Lyman Beecher and Hubbard Winslow. The following
terse statement of his Christian hope was found among his papers :
"I look to Jesus, the Author and Finisher of my faith, as my
Redeemer and my Saviour, and to the Holy Spirit *as my Sancti-
fier and Guide, through whom 1 have acceptance with God the
Father. I look away from myself, a sinful worm of the dust, to
Him through the shedding of whose blood : through whose merits
and mediation I have the forgiveness of my sins. I believe in
Him, and through this faith I have justification before God : and
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walking in the ways of obedience before Him, I commit all my
interests for time and for eternity into His hands, as my Faithful
Keeper until I come to my Father in Heaven."
Funeral services were held at his residence, No. 4 Montgomery
Place, Boston, conducted by Rev. Edward N. Kirk, D. D., and at
the residence of his brother, Anthony Lane, Esq., of Lancaster.
His remains were interred in the new cemetery, near the North
village, Lancaster. All sought to honor him as the model husband,
father, physician, friend and Christian. Many there were who
called him blessed. May there be many of his descendants who
shall emulate his virtues.
Dr. Lane commenced a very complete system of family registra-
tion in Oct., 1844, which was continued by his children. These
records have been freely used in this work.
He m. 5 Oct., 1830, by Rev. Walter King, FRANCES ANN
BROWN^ ; she b. 16 Jan., 1S07, dau. of James Fitch Brown-
(James^) of Norwich, Conn., and his wife, Eliza Rogers Wood-
bridge^ (Samuel-, Dr. Dudley^). Born of parents of no common
education and ability, reared in a family of Christian love and
example, her life became blended with that of her husband, the
good physician, worthy counsellor and beloved head of their united
household. What happy homes were those into whose very life
her own sweet life was so joyously blended ! Model Christian wife
and mother, beloved of husband and revered by children, her life
beautifully adorned the gospel of Christ. She entered into rest
Nov. 16, 1846. Her remains were temporarily interred at Mount
Auburn and subsequently removed to the family lot in the cemetery
at North Lancaster.
"Descendants, whoever you may be, you have just cause to be
proud of such ancestors as this parentage and those preceding.
Seek to pattern from their characters and example, and, like them,
die ripe in the faith of these fathers and mothers in Israel who
have so gloriously preceded you."
Children :
I. Daughter^, stillborn, 22 Dec, 1831, interred Infants Tomb,
Granary Burial Ground, Boston.
128 Jo]i Lane and Descendants.
95. II. Eliza Wait', b. 27 Apr., 1833, m. Moses Wright
Richardson.
96. III. Jonas Henry, Jr., b. 4 Jan., 1837, m. Isabella
Almira Hooper.
IV. Charlotte Taylor~, b. 20 Mar., 1843, christened by Rev.
Wm. M. Rogers, 2 July, 1843, bearing the name of Charlotte
Taylor of Newark, N. J. She passed through the perils of vacci-
nation the Saturday following her birth on Monday, measles, 1848,
scarlet fever, 1849, mumps both sides, 1851, revaccination, 1854.
"Can talk quite well," Mar. 2, 1845, commenced primary school
course under ]\Iiss Green in Harvard Place, 1847, grammar
course in Bowdoin school on Myrtle street, 1852, Chapman Hall
school, under Amos Baker and commenced French, Latin, etc.,
1857, on skates and began music lessons, 1858, French Institute
under Mrs. Dunscomb, late Mile. Grosschoff, 1859. She was con-
firmed at St. Paul's church, Rev. Wm. R. Nicholson, Rector,
Manton Eastburn, Bishop, Apr. 21, 1861.
Miss Lane journeyed and studied in Great Britain and on the
continent of Europe, 1867, 1868; her second trip to England,
France, Switzerland and Germany, 1873 ; her third trip to Switzer-
land, 1890. She spends her summers in Lancaster, Mass., and
her winters in New York city. The committee of the Evangelical
society in Lancaster, June, 1882, thankfully acknowledged the
gift of a church organ from Charlotte T. Lane of Lancaster, Jonas
Henry Lane of New York city, and Messrs. Richardson of Boston.
The society has several times been the recipient of her bounty.
60.
GEORGE LANE6 (Ephraim-', Samuel^ James^ John^, Job^),
b. Walpole, N. H., 25 Nov., 1803, m. first, 4 Apr., 1831, SARAH,
dau. of Hugh DUNSHEE of Walpole, who d. 22 Sept., 1841, se.
36 years; m. second, 18 Sept., (?) 1842, ELIZABETH BAILEY.
He d. June, 1878, ae. 74 years.
Children :
L Martha Ellen", b. 22 Dec, 1831.
JONAS HENRY LANE.
Family Sixty- One. 129
II. Henry", b. 6 Sept., 1833.
III. Lewis", b. 23 Oct., 1835.
IV. Mary Jane'^, b.-2 Aug., 1840.
By second marriage :
V. Sarah Elizabeth", b. 12 Aug., 1844.
VI. Julia Rebecca", b. 22 Feb., 1847.
VII. Abbie Almira", b. 30 Oct., 1851.
VIII. FLOR.A Isabella", b. 15 Nov., 1855.
IX. George Leslie"^, b. 29 July, 1859.
61.
WASHINGTON JEFFERSON LANE^ (Ebenezer\ Samuel^,
James^, John-, Job^), 1 807-1 864, b. in West Cambridge, now
Arlington, Mass., 16 Feb., 1807, m. in Boston by Rcy. Paul Dean,
30 Sept., 1830, CYNTHIA CLARK, who was b. in Boston, i
Sept., 1 810, dau. of Elijah and Cynthia (Smith) Clark, and d. 20
July, 1864. Mr. Lane d. 5 Aug., 1864, **an excellent, beloved
man whom his children were proud to call father."
Children born in West Cambridge :
I. Susan Clark", b. 27 July, 1833, m. 30 Nov., 1853, Charles
Edwin Goodwin; he b. Belfast, Me., i Jan., 1830, res. West Cam-
bridge, Mass., and Minneapolis, Minn. Their children b. in West
Cambridge :
1. Annie, b. 6 Oct., 1854, m. 9 July, 1884, Allin Ruftis Reed, b. Lowell,
Mass., 27 Oct., 1852, and had:
i) Edward Goodwin, b. Boston, 2 Sept., 1885. 2) Martha, b. Boston, 27
May, 1 89 1.
2. Charles Edzuard, b. 30 Nov., 1856, d. New York City, 3 Aug., 1891.
3. Herbert Lane, b. 30 June, 1863.
4. Arthur Haskell, b. 24 Sept., 1865, m. in Somerville, Mass., 22 July,
1891, Ada Dean Atwood, who was b. Raynham, Mass., 5 Dec, 1869.
5. William Haskell, b. 14 July, 187 1.
II. George Washington", b. it Mar., 1835, m. at West Cam-
bridge, 20 June, 1866, Sar-AH Tutile of Lexington, Mass., and
130 Job Lane and Descendants.
lived on the old homestead of his grandfather, Ebenezer Lane in
Arlington. No children.
in. Cynthia Pickering'^, b. 4 Nov., 1836; unm.
IV. Ebenezer'^, b. 7 Aug., 1838, d. Hamburg, Germany, 27
Feb., 1873.
97. V. Mary Wellington^, b. 19 Dec, 1839, m. Edward
Eri Poor.
VI. James Alfred''', b. and d. same day.
62.
DAVID WOODWARD LANE^ (SamueP-4, James^, John^, Job^),
1801-1888, b. Bedford, Mass., 28 Oct., 1801, resided in North
Brookfield, Mass., was styled captain, a prominent man and noted
teacher; administered on his father's estate Nov. 18, 1823, paid
Jonas Lane $1,200, April i, 1827, for a "farm lately owned by
Capt. Samuel Lane," of North Brookfield. — Wor. Co. Deeds, 2^6 :
99-
Capt. Lane m. 24 Jan., 1823, ELIZA SWAN WITT; she b.
North Brookfield, August, 1801, descendant of John Witt, of Lynn,
Mass., 1650, d. I Aug., 1868. He d. 26 June, 1888. Obituary
notice in the Congregatiotialist, 1888.
Children born in North Brookfield :
I. Edward Bancroft"^, b. 6 Aug., 1824, d. 10 Oct., 1825.
II. Lucie Ann*^, b. 4 July, 1826, m. 12 Nov., 1856, Washington
Harwood, of Adrian, Michigan.
98. III. Sarah Adeline", b. 24 Aug., 1828, m. Rev. John H.
Mellish.
IV. Frederick Warren", b. 17 July, 1830, d. 20 Dec, 1853.
V. Abigail Sylvania^, b. 16 Nov., 1832, m. 4 Oct., 1859,
George Frye, of Foster, R. I., settled in Lebanon, Linn Co.,
Oregon.
Their children b. in Foster, R. I. :
I. Richard Alfred, b. 8 Dec, i860, a printer in Jacksonville, Athens Co.,
Family Sixty-Three. 131
Oregon, m. 14 July, 1888, Ruth Alvina, dau. of Lyman H. and Louisa A.
Brown, of Coventry, R. L; she d. in Albany, Ore., 29 Jan., 1891. Child:
i) Ruth Alvina, b. Albany, Ore., 21 Jan., 1891.
2. Daughter, b. and d. I xA.pr., 1862.
3. Frederic Bancroft, b. 12 June, 1863, a compositor in Lebanon, Ore.,
m. 16 July, 1888, Sarah Maria, dau. of Lyman H. and Louisa A. Brown.
Children :
i) Susan Maria, b. 26 Aug., 1891. 2) Daughter, b. Albany, Ore., 6 Jan.,
1893, d. 7 Jan., 1893. 3) Edith Louisa, b. Albany, 8 Jan., 1894.
4. Mary Eliza, b. 9 July, 1864, d. 14 Sept., 1864.
5. George Herbert, b. 2 Sept., 1865, m. April, 1888, Nellie E. Rabbins, of
Conn., who d. April, 1889. He d. 5 Oct., 1890.
6. Earl Clinton, b. 18 Mar., 1867, a missionary in Japan, m. first, Apr.,
1893, Anjiie, adopted dau. of E. H. Pierce, of Rehoboth, Mass., who d. Jan.,
1894; m. second, Susie V. Gullett, a missionary in Japan. Daughter:
i) Annie Pierce, b. Woodstock, Vt., 7 Jan., 1894.
7. Emma Lavinia, b. 3 Sept., 1868, d. 23 Sept., 1868.
8. Son, b. II Sept., 1869, d. 14 Oct., 1869.
9. Abbie jfajie, b. 2 Nov., 1871. High school teacher.
10. David Lane, b. 11 Jan., 1873, a printer in Lebanon, Ore.
11. Daughter, b. 2 Sept., 1874, d. 24 Sept., 1874.
VI. Nancte Angeline", b. 7 ^Llr., 1835, d. 5 Mar., 1859.
VIL Lavinia Frances'', b. 20 I\Iar., 1837, d. 23 Nov., 1864.
VIIL Emmeline Selinda^, b. 12 Nov., 1839, wrote her name
Emma S., and resided in North Brookfield.
IX. Adeliza Woodward^, b. 19 Dec, 1841, d. 12 Aug., 1843.
99. X. John Henry", b. 4 Sept., 1846, m. Abbie A. Kellogg.
63.
JOHN JONES LANE6 (SamueP-^, James^ John2, Job'), 1818-
1868, b. Bedford, Mass., m. 16 Nov., 1^49, MARIETTA VAN
MARTYR, of St. Louis, Mo., and d. in New York City, 18 May,
1868. She d. 28 Jan., 1873.
Children born in New York Citv :
I. John B.", b. 11 June, 1851, d. 15 Aug., 1865.
II. Marietta', b. 2 Oct., 1851, d. 16 Nov., 1854.
III. Carlisle Jones'^, b. 4 Sept., 1857. Post office address,
1899, Susanville, Grant Co., Oregon.
IV. Frank M.~, b. 21 Sept., 1859, d. 18 Aug., 1865.
132 Job Lane and Descendants.
V. Albert Irving', b. 15 Nov., 1861, book-keeper, Newton, N.
J., residence, 1899, Susanville, Grant Co., Oregon.
VI. Lizzie J.', b. 15 Nov., 1863, d. 13 Aug., 1865.
VII. Charles Randolph', b. 17 Nov., 1866, residence, 1899,
Worcester, Mass., 534 Main street.
64.
DANIEL JOSIAH LANE^ (SamueP•^ James^ John^, Jobi),
b. North Brookfield, Mass., 21 Feb., 1821, m. 30 Aug., 1841, by
Rev. Thomas Snell, D. D., MARTHA E. BARSTOW, of North
Brookfield. He resided in Beloit, Wis., 1899, the last survivor of
his father's family.
Children :
I. Louis", b. Plymouth, Mass., 10 Apr., 1850, d. 20 Sept., 1850.
II. Clara', b. 5 Sept., 1852, d. New York, 28 Jan., 1857.
III. Ella Starr"'', b. 20 Dec, 1855, m. 10 Sept., 1878, A. M.
Griffin, of Chicago, 111.
IV. Ida Clara"^, b. 8 Dec, 1857, m. 4 Nov., 1879, L. E. Yer-
rington, of Galena, 111.
V. Henry Hudson", b. New York, 31 Dec, i860, commercial
traveler, residence, Jefferson, Wis.
65-
ABNER BRIDGE LANE^ (Eliab B.^, John-'-^, Job'\ John^
Job^), 1 806- 1 884, was born in Bedford, Mass., 24 May, 1806, m.
LYDIA BAILEY, resided in Bedford, and d. 13 July, 1884, ae. 78
ys., 7 ms., I dy. Mrs. Lane d. Oct., 1890.
Children :
100. I. George Winchester^, b. 25 July, 1829, m. Sarah M.
Goodwin.
II. Henry Watson®, b. 16 Mar., 183 1, d. 5 Dec, 1847, ae.
16 ys.
III. Chandler Bridge®, b. 3 May, 1837.
F.\.MiLY Sixty- Seven. 133
66.
GEORGE LANE" (Roger^, JohnH Job^ John2, Job^), 1827-
1859, b. Bedford, Mass., 7 Aug., 1827, m. 4 July, 1858, LAURA
ANN, b. 1833, dau. of Timothy and Betsey SMITH. He res. in
Bedford and d. 18 Oct., 1859, ae. 32. She d. a widow, 2 Apr.,
1889, ae. 56 ys., 8 ms., 16 ds.
Child :
L Willis George*^, b. 14 May, 1859, dealer in coal and wood,
m. 23 June, 1880, Alice Frances Copeland, b. 1858, dau. of
Mark and Elizabeth (Chase) Copeland. They had :
1. Mavftor Wilfred^, b. II June, 1883.
2. Percey Hoxvland^ , b. 5 Mar., 1887, pupil in the 2d Grammar school,
1896-7.
67.
ELIAS COOLIDGE LANE" (Elias6, Francis^, John^ Job^,
John^, Job^), 1809-1878, was b. Ashburnham, Mass., 30 Dec,
1809, m. 20 Sept., 1835, ^L\RY FARWELL; she b. 1805, dau.
of Simeon and Hepzibah (Farwell) Farwell, of Fitchburgh, Mass.
They settled in New Gloucester, Me. Elias C. Lane, chairmaker,
and Mary F. Lane his wife sold to Solon H. Campbell, Jr., for
^100.00, June 29, 1 84 1, land with buildings in New Gloucester,
''being the land which Daniel Wheelwright conveyed to me the said
Lane, by deed Oct. 14, 1836." His name appears in the transfer
of real estate, 1841 to 185 1, Cumberland Co. Deeds.
He died at New Gloucester, 23 Aug., 1878, se. 68 yrs.
Children :
L Mary H.^, b. 12 Sept., 1842.
n. David*^, d. 12 May, 1846.
in. David A.'^, d. 12 Nov., 1857, ae. 11 yrs.
— New Gloucester Records.
134 Job Lane and Descendants.
68.
ALLEN FRANCIS LANE" (Francis^-s, John^, Job^ John^,
Job^), 1812-1886, b. 24 Mar., 1812; farmer and mechanic, Ash-
burnham, Mass., m. 28 Oct., 1840, LAURA P. TYLER, and d. 3
Dec, 1886. She d. his widow, Jan., 1899.
Nine children :
L Henry T.^, b. 20 Sept., 1841, d. in the Civil War, 29 Oct.,
1864.
IL Infant^, b. 8 May, d. 18 May, 1843.
in. Laura A.^, b. 25 Nov., 1844, m. WiM. Richardson, of Fitch-
burg, Mass. He d. 13 June, 1890.
IV. Emma L.*", b. 8 Apr., 1847, d. i Sept., 1847.
V. Eliza M.^, b. 25 Oct., 1849, m. 27 Nov., 1879, Charles T.
Harding, of Fitchburg, and had :
I. Charles Frajicis, b. 11 Sept., 1881.
VI. Albert^, b. 22 Mar., 1853, m. 19 June, 1881, Ada E.
Lyndes ; res. Westminster, Mass.
VII. James A.^, b. 18 Nov., 1854, carpenter at Lane Village,
Ashburnham, m. 17 Dec, 1881, Carrh: Belle, b. 15 May, 1861,
dau. of Robert White McIntire, and had :
1. Edith Laura^^ b. 6 Oct., 1891.
2. Alice Beatrice, b. 8 Feb., 1896.
VIII. Francis W.^, b. 24 Oct., 1858, grad. D. C. 1881, teacher
at Yonkers, N. Y., and Washington, D. C. ; mechanical draftsman,
solicitor of U. S. and Foreign patents. Resides in Chicago, m. 26
Dec, 1 88 1, Gertrude B. (Dewey) Kilbourne, of Litchfield,
Conn. Children :
Harold Francis ^ b. 2 Nov., 18S2.
Arthur Aiigleton^ , b. 20 Mar., 1884.
Henry Richardson^, b. I Feb., 1886.
Jessie Gcrtrnd(^, b. 2 May, 1887.
Florence^, b. 11 July, 1890, d. 31 July, 1890.
Lena Isabel^, b. 24 June, 1892.
Laura Paulina^, b. 3 Oct., 1894, d. 31 July, 1895.
IX. Justin E.^, b. 8 Apr., 1861, d. 17 June, 1861.
Family Sixty-Nine. 135
69.
AMOS FOSTER LANE^ (Francis^-s, John\ Job^, John^, Jobi),
1815-1878, b. 30 June, 1815 ; res. Ashburnham, m. 26 June,
1839, MARTHA WARD, b. 26 Nov., 1819, d. 28 Jan., 1862,
dau. of Nathaniel D. Ward. Mr. Lane d. 7 Mar., 1878.
Children :
I. William W.^, b. 7 Nov., 1841 ; res. Ashburnham, d. 3 Sept.,
1896.
II. Albert Francis^, b. 24 Feb., 1844, d. 16 Sept., 1847.
III. Sar.\h N.®, b. 8 Apr., 1846, d. 14 Sept., 1847.
IV. George F.^, b. 15 Oct., 1848; res. Kingston, Mass., mer-
chant and postmaster. He bought land in Plympton, Mass.,
1878, in Pembroke, Mass., 1880, in Kingston, 1882. He sold
land in Kingston, 1882 ; m. first, 28 Sept., 1878, Abbie M., dau. of
H. B. and I'^lizabeth Magathlin, of Duxbury, Mass., who d. 23
Jan., 1880, m. second, 6 Mar., 1881, D. Marinda Keevy. Two
children.
V. Elmir.\ J.^, b. 30 Dec, 1850, m. Mr. Walker; res. Min-
nesota.
VI. Oman F.^, b. 31 Mar., 1853 ; res. Ashburnham, d. 30 Dec,
1890.
VII. Mary E.^, b. 25 May, 1856, m. 12 July, 1873, Charles
A., b. 10 Oct., 1853, d. 17 Oct., 1883, son of Elijah Haven.
Their children :
1. George E.,h. 20 Nov., 1877,111. 26 Apr., 1899, Catherine Josephine
Zeigler.
2. Edith Abbie, b. i6 Aug., 1880.
3. Clara Luretta, b. 15 Aug., 1882.
VIII. Walter A,-, b. 19 July, 1858, m. 9 Sept., 1883, Eva T.
Wright; res. Kingston, Mass. Two children.
IX. Samuel A.^, b. 26 July, i860, d. 3 Sept., i860.
X. John F.*^, b. 22 Aug., 1861, d. 28 Apr., 1864.
136 Job Lane and Descendants.
70.
SAMUEL LANE- (Francis6-5, John^, Job-^ John^, Jobi), 1817-
1856, was born in Ashburnham, Mass., 21 May, 181 7. He was a
carpenter by trade and resided in Ashburnham. He m. 30 Dec,
1840, NANCY H. EATON; she b. 18 Apr., 1822, dau. of Joel
Eaton, of Fitchburg, Mass.
Mr. Lane d. 6 Nov., 1856. Israel A. Packard was administrator
on his estate, who returned an inventory of $3,728.19, Jan. 6, 1857.
— JVor. Co. Wills, 100 : 406.
Five children :
I. Joel E.**, b. 18 Apr., 1843, d. i Jan., 1859.
n. Mary Susan^, b. 20 Jan., 1845, d. 5 Dec, 1845.
HL Samuel Edward^, b. 18 Oct., 1846, a farmer, resident in
Hubbardston, Mass., m. 3 June, 1866, Edna L. Pierce, of Liver-
more Falls, Me. Their children :
1. Sarah Maude Lillian^, b. 22 May, 1872, m. 25 Dec, 1894, Leonard 0.
Robinson^ of Westminster, Mass., and has:
i) Olin Edward, b. 14 Oct., 1895.
2. Edwin Dexte)-^, b. 6 Mar., 1876, Methodist pastor in Groveland, Mass.
3. Myrtis E.^, b. 23 Jan., 1878, d. 21 Aug., 1878.
101. IV. Frederick DougLu\ss^, b. 4 July, 1849, i^^- Cora
Jeanette Gilbert.
V. Mary Suzetta^, b. 20 Oct., 1850, d. 23 Dec, 1858.
71.
MILTON LANE' (Francis^-^, JohnS Job^, John^, Job^), 18 19-
1876, b. 27 Feb., 1819; res. Ashburnham, m. first, 5 Nov., 1851,
MARY PARKHURST, of Fitchburg, b. i April, 1831, d. 25 Oct.,
1863; m. second, Jan., 1867, JANE (Pierce) FLAGG, and d. 8
June, 1876.
Six children :
I. Ella M.^, b. 10 Sept., 1855 ; res. Rindge, N. H.
Family Seventy-Three. 137
II. Hattie P.^ b. 1 6 Dec, 1857, m. 16 May, 1888, John H.
Maude, and resides in Worcester, Mass.
III. Gexery M.^, b. 19 Oct., i860; res. Ashburnham, m. 14
May, 1896, Mabel, dau. of George Howard.
IV. Della. M.^, b. 25 Mar., 1863, m. 25 Sept., 1887, Vernon
S. Fay ; resides in Fitchburg, Mass., and had :
1. Leon B., b. 20 Sept., 1891.
2. Elsie L., b. 21 Apr., 1894.
3. Royal V.,h. 1 1 June, 1896.
By second marriage :
V. Gertrude E.^, b. 4 Nov., 1867.
VI. Herbert L.*^, b. 20 Nov., 1869.
72.
H0SP:A FOSTER LANE" (Francis^-^ John^ Job^, John2, Job^),
was born in Ashburnham, Mass., 7 Feb., 1831, an efficient and
eminent teacher. Mr. Lane began his long career as principal of
the High school, Templeton, Mass., at its establishment in the
autumn of 1856, a position he held for two score years. He has
been the librarian of the Boynton Public Library at Templeton,
from its first opening in Sept., 1873. ^^ wrote the history of
Templeton for the press of J. W. Lewis & Co., Philadelphia, 1889.
Principal Lane m. 16 Aug., 1858, EUNICE ELIZABETH
FAIRBANKS; she b. 14 Feb., 1839, dau. of Emory and Eunice
(Hayward) Fairbanks.
Children born in Templeton :
I. Charles H.^, b. 14 Sept., 1859, collated records for the
White Genealogy.
II. Arthur Fr.\ncis^, b. 17 July, 1861, d. 17 Oct., 1862.
73.
DANIEL WALKER LANE' (Benj.6-5, John^ Job^, John^,
Job^), 1824-1892, b. Ashburnham, Mass., 4 Dec, 1824, m. first, 9
Feb., 1852, JERUSHA E. BEMIS, who d. 3 Sept., 1872; m.
138 Job Lane and Descendants.
second, 23 Apr., 1874, ELEANOR J. LANE^ (Francis^-s, John^,
Job3, John2, Jobi). He d. 19 Mar., 1892.
Three children :
L LoRETTA^, b. 14 Dec, 1852, d. 27 Jan., 1853.
IL Cyrus W.^, b. 23 Feb., 1854, variety wood turner and
manufacturer of enameled wood goods, Townsend Harbor, Mass.
HL Minerva L.^, b. 15 Mar., 1857.
74.
MARTIN B. LANE^ (Benj.6-5, john^, Job^, JohnS, Job'), b.
Ashburnham, Mass., 4 Sept., 1828, m. i Nov., 1865, CARRIE N.
ADAMS; she b. 29 July, 1846, dau. of Capt. William Adams, of
Townsend, Mass. He resided, merchant and salesman, Ashburn-
ham.
Five children :
I. Henry Martin^ b. 28 Nov., 1867.
II. Willie Frank**, b. 22 July, 1870.
HI. Abboit Benjamin®, b. 4 June, 1876.
IV. Mabel Augusta®, b. 7 June, 1879.
V. Orrie Adams®, b. i Apr., 1884.
75.
LEVI LANE^ (Zibafi-\ John'', Job^, John^, Job^), 1806-1894,
was born in Amherst, N. H., 13 Nov., 1806. In 18 14, when eight
years old, he moved with his parents from the state of Maine to
Lyons, Wayne Co., N. Y. There was much work to be done in
the new settlement. From his boyhood he did his full share. He
learned the blacksmith trade and all through life was a hard
worker. The habits of industry formed in youth followed him all
his days. He was most happy when doing something useful.
He m. 4 Mar., 1829, SALLY BAUNETT when he was twenty-
Family Seventy-Five. 139
two and she eighteen years of age. They lived happily together
nearly 62 years. On March 4, 1889, their children gave them a
surprise celebration, the sixtieth anniversary of their wedded life.
In 1868, he united with the Presbyterian church of Lyons. In
the feebleness of old age, when forgetful of other things, he never
forgot his religious duties. Every day, to the very last, he read his
Bible and offered prayer. He was a good man, of whom his
neighbors and those who knew him best, speak only in terms of
praise.
Mrs. Lane was b. 4 July, 18 10, and d. 7 Dec, 1890. Mr. Lane
d. March, 1894, ae. 87 years.
"Father, though from yonder sky
Cometh neither voice nor cry,
Yet we know from thee to-day,
Every pain hath passed away.
Not for thee shall tears be given.
Child of God and heir of heaven.
For he gave thee sweet release,
Thine the Christian's death of peace.
Well we know thy living faith
Had the power to conquer death,
As a living rose may bloom.
By the border of the tomb.
Father, in that solemn trust
We commend thee, dust to dust !
In that faith we wait, till risen,
Thou shall meet us all in heaven.
While we weep as Jesus wept,
Thou shall sleep as Jesus slept;
With thy Saviour thou shall rest.
Crowned and glorified and blest."
— The Lyons Republican, Mar. 2j, /8g^.
Eleven children :
I. Robert B.^, b. i Apr., 1830, d. in infancy.
II. Martha^ twin, b. 14 July, 1831, m. John Everhart, had
two children and d. i May, 1888.
I. George. 2. Belle.
III. Mary^, twin, b. 14 July, 1831, unm., d. 13 Feb., 1868.
140 Job Lane and Descendants.
IV. Frances G.^, b. 19 June, 1834, unm.
V. Elizabeth E.®, b. 12 Aug., 1836, m. Barton Cornwell.
Children :
I. Alice. 2. Henry. 3. Hatiie. 4. Nora.
VI. Rodney D.^, b. lo Apr., 1839, m. Jennie Welling. Child-
ren :
I. yohn^. 2. Sadie^ . 3. Welling.
VII. Baby^, b. 16 July, 1 84 1, d. 9 Aug., 1841.
VIII. Robert B.^, b. 27 July, 1843, d. 5 Aug., 1850.
IX. Harriet B.^, b. 8 Noy., 1846, m. Jacob Vanderbilt.
Children :
I. Ella V. 2. Edna M.
X. Laura J.^, b. 26 May, 1849, m. Augustus Burnet, and had
two children.
XI. Leyi E.^, b. 5 Oct., 1 85 1, m. Emma Gifford. Children :
I. Minnie^. 2. IVillie'^. 3. Martha^. 4, Jennie^. 5. Augustus^.
76.
JOHN LANE" (John6, Ziba-', John^, Job^ John2, Job'), 1825-
1897, was born in Homer, 111., 25 Sept., 1825, and inherited many
of the best qualities and genius of his father. He was a black-
smith and manufacturer of ploughs at Lockport, 111. HaYing
realized a deserYcd and competent fortune, he retired to Chicago,
residing in Kenwood, where he deYOted his leisure to amateur
floriculture and was an enthusiast in orchid and chrysanthemum
culture. His extensiYC grounds, seYeral greenhouses, and, during
the summer, his garden were something worth seeing. His friends
and neighbors reaped largely the benefits of his labor which were
distributed to them with laYish generosity. — The Inter- Ocean.
The old family Bible and many records and relics which had
been accumulating for scYeral generations were burned in the great
Chicago fire of 1871.
Family Seventy- Seven.
Ul
Mr. Lane m. June, 1847, MARY ELIZA RODGERS, who d. 17
Feb., 1892. He d. 17 April, 1897.
Four children born in Lockport :
102. L Julius Arthur^, b. 6 July, 1848, m. Helen Duncan
Shipman.
H. Ernest John^, b. 9 Mar., 1850, m. Julia Pierce, resided
St. Louis, Mo., and had :
I. Charles Ernest^.
HL Rose Helen^, b. 20 Aug., 1855, m. 29 Oct., 1877, Frank
M. Wilson, capitalist at Kenwood, Cook Co., 111., and had :
I. Raymond Van IVilson, b. 23 Aug., 1879.
IV. Emma Lilian^, b. 5 Dec, 1859, ra. at Kenwood, i Oct.,
1890, Dr. S1L.AS J. Baird, of Youngstown, Ohio, and had :
I. Raymond Marnine, b. 3 Sept., 1893.
77.
^'*'
JONATHAN ABBOT LANE" (Jonathan^-^, John^ Job^, John^
Job*), 1 82 2- 1 898, was born in Bedford, Mass., 15 May, 1822, at
the homestead built by his great grand-
father, Mr. John Lane'*. Moving with his
parents to Boston, Mass., when he was
between one and a half and two years
old, and graduating from the old Boylston
Grammar school in 1843, and from the
English High school in 1837, he became
a prominent man in the business, phil-
anthropic and religious circles of Boston.
"A typical Boston merchant, representing
in his birth, tastes, training and influence
all that is best, and standing high in the
commercial circles of the city and of the
nation as well." — The Cojigregationalist.
Entering as a boy the employ of a dry goods jobbing house, he
obtained control of the business in 1849, and continued it in his
142 Job Lane and Descendants.
own name. The firm was afterward known as Lane & Washburn,
then from 1864 to 1894, as Allen, Lane & Company; later it was
incorporated as the Allen-Lane Company, with Mr. Lane as
president. The concern has had different places of business,
having been at No. 266 Devonshire street since the Boston fire of
1872, and is counted the oldest woolen commission house in
Boston.
During the Civil War, Mr. Lane was president of a branch of
the Union League and private in the Home Guards. He was
a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1863
and 1864; and of the Senate 1874 and 1875; ^^^^ ^i^^ member
and president of the old Mercantile Library Association, 1875-
1878, and largely instrumental in the reorganization of that in-
stitution ; served on the Executive Council of Governor Rice,
1878; president of the Boston Merchants' Association, 1887-
1895, and represented the seventh Congressional district as Re-
publican Presidential Elector, 1892. He was director of the
American Congregational Association, 1893 ; president of the
Congregational Club, 1894, of which he had been a member
for twenty-five years from its organization ; member of Mayor
Quincy's Merchants' Municipal Committee and of the Associated
Board of Trade, 1896; gave a reminiscent and racy address at
the seventy- fifth anniversary of L^nion Church, with which he had
been a member in youth and manhood, 1897. Mr. Lane was
a life member of the American Economic Association, and spoke
and wrote pamphlets on the subject of taxation and in behalf of
consular reform. He was a charter member of the Boston Art
Club; a life member of the Young Men's Christian Association,
and the Young Men's Christian Union ; one of the advisory board
of the Children's P>iend Society ; a director of the Home for Aged
Men ; state trustee of the Hospital Cottages, Baldwinville, Mass.,
and was interested, ofificially or otherwise, in many other benevo-
lent organizations. A list of Mr. Lane's Discourses and Sources
of Biographical Information relating to him has been prepared by
his son, Mr. Lucius P. Lane, and twenty-five copies have been
privately printed. It may be consulted in some of the large
libraries.
Family Seventy- Seven. 143
Jonathan A. Lane married at West Hawley, Mass., by her father
Rev. Benjamin F. Clarke, 13 Nov., 1851, SARAH DELIA
CLARKE"* (Benjamin F.^, and Sarah, dau. of Israel and Chloe
(Lombard) Chapin, Samuel-, of Sharon, Mass., and Ursula Fellis
Church, Joseph F.', of Jamaica Plain, ]Mass.) Mrs. Lane was
born in Buckland, Mass., 7 Oct., 1826, and graduated from Mount
Holyoke Female Seminary in 1845, being a classmate of Mr.
Lane's sister, Ruhamah Augusta Lane. Mr. Lane died of heart
failure, at his residence since 1856, No. 623 Tremont street, Sun-
day morning, June 5, 1898. Appropriate funeral services were
held June 7, at the house and at the Union Church, Columbus
Avenue. "Busy Boston stopped to honor one of its leaders in
commerce and politics." — Boston Herald.
The interment was in the family lot at Bedford, Mass. Will
dated April 12, 1889, was filed in the Registry of the Suffolk Pro-
bate Court, June 9, 1898 ; wife and eldest son executors.
"Mr. Lane had a reputation which was not confined within
business limits, though for years he had been one of the leading
spirits in the commercial life of Boston. Although he was well
known as one of the Allen- Lane Company, dry goods commission
merchants, he had large interests that lay in other social, political
and charitable ways." — Boston Journal.
"In the death of Hon. Jonathan A. Lane the city of Boston has
lost one of its most high minded and public spirited citizens.
But his sympathies and his efforts were not bounded by local limi-
tations. He desired pure and efficient city government, but his
ideals did not halt at that point. He was no less ardent in his
championship of large and practical reforms for state and nation.
There was hardly a progressive or a philanthropic movement in
this city that had not felt his influence. He had been helpful and
zealous in whatever seemed to him to give promise of wholesome
progress, and the good causes which had benefitted by his means,
his counsel and his service were almost numberless." — Boston
Transcript.
A monument in representation of a Grecian temple is erected to
his memory in Shawshine cemetery, Bedford, Mass. Inscription :
"Jonathan Abbot Lane, son of Jonathan and Ruhamah Lane, born
144 Job Lane and Descendants.
in Bedford, 15 May, 1822. After he had served his own genera-
tion by the will of God, fell on sleep, Boston, 5 June, 1898."
This memorial, erected in the family enclosure, is but one of
several which mark the resting place of former merchants and use-
ful men of Boston, those to the memory of Jonathan Lane, the
father, and Samuel W. Lane, a brother, being among them.
Six children :
103. L John Chapin^, b. Boston, 8 Nov., 1852, m. Harriet
Brewer Winslow.
IL Augusta Benjamin*^, b. Boston, 2 June, 1854, d. Littleton,
Mass., 31 July, 1856.
IIL Frederic Henry^, b. Boston, 25 May, 1858, B. S. Mass.
Institute Technology, 1879. Allen-Lane Co., 49 Leonard street,
New York City. Married at Macon, Ga., 27 Mar., 1890, Louise
Abbot Lane Moseley, of Hernando, Miss. They resided in New
York, and had :
1. Alfred Paqe^, b. 26 Sept., 1891.
2. Abbott Atwood^, b. 16 Feb., 1893.
IV. Alfred Church^, b. Boston, 29 Jan., 1863 ; A. B. Har-
vard College, 1883, instructor there 1883-85, student at Heidel-
berg, Germany, 1886-87, A.^L, Ph.D., Harvard 1888; student of
the family history in England and America, State Geologist of Michi-
gan, with residence at Houghton, and later, Lansing, Mich. He
has printed important geological papers in American and German
publications. Fellow of the Geological Society of America, F. G.
S. A.
Dr. Lane m. 15 Apr., 1896, Susanne Lauriat; she (bap. Susan
Foster) dau. of Charles E. and Harriet Fidelia Lauriat of the firm
Estes & Lauriat, Boston, Mass. Son :
I. Lauriat^, b. Brookline, Mass., 14 Nov., 1898.
V. Benjamin Clarke^, b. Boston, 2 Oct., 1866 ; English High
school class of 1883, and Mass. Institute Technology, i883-'87 ;
of the Allen-Lane Co., 266 Devonshire street, Boston; regular
Republican nominee for Congress from the ninth Massachusetts
District in 1892, at the age of 25 ; member of the Republican
State Committee, 7th Suffolk Senatorial District, i894-'95, of the
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THE WIFE AND SONS OF JONATHAN A LANE.
Family Seventy- Eight. l-i5
Boston Municipal League, 1S94 , of the Common Council of the
city of Boston, 1895 and 1896; active member of the Old South
Historical Society, 1884, and Speaker of the Boston Young Men's
Congress, 31st and ^26. sessions. He m. 25 April, 1899, in Union
Church, Boston, by Rev. Samuel Lane Loomis, pastor of the
church and cousin of the groom, Miss Florence Goodwin, of the
Boston University class of 1895, dau. of the late Henry Harrison
Goodwin, of South Berwick, Me. Home on Maxfield street, West
Roxbury, Mass.
VL Lucius Page^ b. Boston, 7 Jan., 1872, graduated Mass.
Institute Technology, 1894, Harvard L^niversity, 1895, student
New York State Library School, Albany, N. Y., class of 1899, is
employed in the Boston Public Library ; has visited the old home-
stead in England and assisted greatly in the Genealogy.
78.
Rev. ELIHU LOO^^S^ born Huttonville, Randolph Co., Va.,
13 Oct., 1823, son of Rev. Aretas^, of Bennington, Yt., and wife
Sarah (Goodman) Loomis, of Greenfield, Mass., (Shem^^^, Amos"*,
Stephen^, Joseph-, Joseph^, from Braintree, Essex Co., England,
of Boston, Mass., 1638, of Windsor, Conn., 1639), graduated Wil-
liams College, 1847, ^^'^s ordained 185 1, and held Congregational
pastorates at Pownal, Yt., i85i-'53, Littleton, Mass., i854-'69,
Chesterfield, 111., i87o-'79, Memphis, Mo., i879-'8o. Bonne Terre,
Mo., i88o-'8i, Oakwood, Mich., i882-'84, Chesterfield, Mass.,
1885-94, without charge Bedford, Mass., 1895.
Rev. Mr. Loomis m. first, 26 Nov., 185 1, RUHAMAH
AUGUSTA LANE- (Jonathan^-^ John-*, Jobs, john^, Job^) ; she
b. Boston, Mass., 29 July, 1824, graduated Mount Holyoke, 1845,
d. Littleton, Mass., 24 Feb., 1867. He m. second, LUCY
ANNETTE MONROE, of Chesterfield, III, by whom he had
children.
Children of Rev. Elihu and Ruhamah Augusta (Lane) Loomis :
I. Elihu Goodman^, b. Bedford, Mass., 22 Oct., 1852, fitted
for college at Lawrence Academy, Groton, Mass., Appleton Acad-
146 Job Lase and Descendants.
emy, New Ipswich, N. H., and Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass.,
graduated Amherst College, 1874, studied law with George W.
Morse, of Boston, and at the law school, Boston University, and
was admitted to the Suffolk Co. Bar in 1878, and has extensive
practice in Boston. He m. 11 Apr., 1882, Marian Hillhouse
Fitch, of Norwich, Conn.; she b. Norwich Town, Conn., 28 Sept.,
i860. They settled in Bedford, Mass., on the David Reed place,
previously owned by his grandparents, Jonathan and Ruhamah
(Page) Lane. Here he was town officer and prominent citizen,
special Justice of District Court of Central Middlesex, 1898.
Children :
1. Afar}' Fitch^, b. 29 July, 1883, d. 19 Mar., 1892.
2. Ralph Lane^, b. 13 Apr., 1887.
3. Hubert Hillhous^, b. 16 Mar., 1889.
4. Samtiel^, b. 18 Sept., 1892.
5. William Fitch^, b. 27 Apr., 1894.
104. H. Samuel Lane^, b. Littleton, Mass., 16 Aug., 1856,
m. Marion Camp Lippincott.
HL Henry Abbot^, b. Litdeton, ^lass., 29 Oct., i860, firm of
Hayes & Loomis, Shoe and Travelers League, Boston, Mass., ra. 29
Dec, 1885, Florence Elizabeth Barker, and d. 13 Oct., 1890.
Had daughter :
I. Elizabeth Bella?ny^, b. 20 Nov., 1889.
Mrs. Loomis m. second, 23 June, 1898, by Rev. Samuel Lane
Loomis, William T. Whedon, of Norwood, Mass.
IV. Aretas George*^, d. aged three months.
79.
STEPHEN ABBOT LANE' (Josiah Abbot^ Jonathan^, JohnS
Job^, John-, Job'), b. New York city, 24 Feb., 1821, m. 24 Jan.,
1852, MARY LAVINIA BANCROFT; she b. Brooklyn, N. Y.,
25 Sept., 1834. They resided 973 Madison street, Brooklyn, N.
Y., January, 1899.
Children born in Brooklyn :
L Charles Bancroft^, b. 10 Nov., 1853, m. first, 29 Mar.,
a..
Qcct^
ClAAV^
y%^ ^:2^,
'^^
s.
RUHAMAH AUGUSTA (LANE) LOOMIS AND HER SONS.
Family Eighty- One. 147
1880, Theodor-a. Olivia Doten, m. second, 29 Nov., 1888, Re-
BECKA Barker. No children by either marriage.
II. Lorenzo Durvea®, b. 6 May, 1859, unm., d. 29 Mar., 1880.
III. Freddie Russell^, b. 13 Sept., 1865, d. 16 July, 1866.
IV. Laura May^, b. ii Dec, 1868.
80.
JOHN SAMUEL LANE" (Josiah Abbot^, Jonathan^, John^,
Job^, John"^, Job^), was b. in New York city, 24 May, 1823, m. 11
Nov., 1845, CAROLINE M. WATERBURY, and setded in
Mount Vernon, N. Y.
Children :
I. Henry Pltnam^, b. 20 Oct., 1848, m. i Aug., 187 1, Sarah
Freeman Teed, and d. 15 Oct., 1887. She was b. 25 Nov., 1852,
and m. second, 19 Nov., 1891, Eleazer Giles Lemon; he b. 13
Sept., 1847, in business with the Sawyer Woolen Mills Co., of
Dover, N. H., as its New York agent, boarding at Hotel Endicott.
Children of Henry P. and Sarah F. Lane :
1. Emvia Matid^, b. I Feb., 1873, m. 25 June, 1899, Robert Winthrop
Brett.
2. Henrv PauP, b. 28 Aug., 1875, d. 8 Feb., 1884.
3. Carrie May^ , b. I 7 Oct., 1878, d. 28 Nov., 1881.
II. William Malcom^, b. 24 Dec, 1853, d. 12 Feb., 1867.
III. John Scudder^, b. 17 Sept., 1861, d. 18 July, 1888.
IV. Albert Waterbury^, b. 16 Dec, 1863, traveling salesman,
m. 10 Oct., 1888, Nena Barbee, and had :
1. Gladys B.^, b. 5 Sept., 1891.
2. Albert JV.^, b. 20 May, 1893.
81.
CHARLES GARDNER LANE" (Josiah Abbot^ Jonathan^,
John'*, Job^, John-, Job'), b. New York city, 29 Dec, 1835, m. 6
Aug., 1863, MARIA BURNHAM FR.\ZIER; she b. i Sept.,
148 Joe Lane and Descendants.
1836. They resided 105 Adelphi street, Brooklyn, N. Y., Janu-
ary, 1899.
Children born in Brooklyn :
I. Samuel H.^, b. 20 May, 1864, d. 21 May, 1864.
II. Albert F.^, b. 13 Nov., 1865, m. 14 Feb., 1893, Eleanor
E. Wilson, of Brooklyn, and had children :
1. Edith F.^, b. 4 Apr., 1894.
2. Maricni E.^, b. 20 June, 1895.
3. Charles Nelson Curriej-^, b. I Nov., 1898.
III. Annie Estella^, b. 12 Aug., 1868, m. 10 July, 1894,
Charles Nelson Currier, of New Brunswick, Canada. No
children.
IV. Joseph Abbot^, b. 7 Feb., 1871, m. 12 Oct., 1898, Helen
Beith.
V. Charles Gardner, Jr.^, b. 26 Oct., 1873, m. 14 Feb., 1897,
Lillian McMullan. Child :
I. Nlaomi L.^, b. 3 Jan., 1898.
82.
CHARLES DeWITT LANE" (George^, Jonathan^, JohnS Job^,
John^, Job^) b. 2 Feb., 1833, in Charlestown, Mass., m. 1865,
JOSEPHINE BELL BAKER. Was a minute man in Civil War
of 1 86 1, enlisted in Charlestown City Guards, 5th Mass. Regt., and
was in first battle of Bull Run. •
Children :
I. Frank Church^, b. 20 Jan., 1S66, m. 10 Feb., 1886, Han-
nah Austin Penhallow, of Portsmouth, N. H. Their children :
1. Helen Penhallou^ , b. 23 June, 1887.
2. Mary Pickering , b. 14 Jan., 1891, d. 17 Feb., 1897.
3. Katherine Wyvtan^ ^ b. 5 Feb., 1 895.
4. Marion Haven^, b. 15 May, 1898.
II. DeWitt*, b. II Nov., 1867.
III. Mary Baker^, b. 24 Mar., 1870, d. 9 Sept., 187 1.
Family Eighty-Four. 149
83.
EBENEZER HAYWARD LANE- (John Samuel^ Jonathan^,
John'', Job^, John-, Job^), b. 6 Nov., 1848, m. 25 Oct., 1877,
CATHERINE MURRAY; she b. 27 Sept., i860.
Children :
I. Clair DeWitt^, b. 4 Sept., 1878.
II. Arlixe Gr-a.ce-, b. 10 Dec, iSSi.
III. Gertrude Evangeline^, b. i Mar., 1884.
IV. Ruth Cleaveland^, b. 2 Apr., 1894.
84.
HIRAM H. LANE? (John^, Gershom F.^ John^-3-2, job^),
1802-1878, was born in Penn., 24 Oct., 1802, and moved with
his parents to Ohio about 181 2; m. at Windsor, O., 11 Aug.,
1 83 1, DRUSILLA E. DAVIS; she b. 25 Aug., 181 2. They
settled at Wesley Township, Wash. Co., O. He d. 9 Mar., 1878.
Children :
105. I. Richard^ b. 9 June, 1832, m. Elizabeth Miller.
II. Jesse D.^, b. 3 Jan., 1834, m. at ^Vindsor, O., 26 Oct.,
1865, LiNNiE A. PiERiOT ; she b. 5 Feb., 1845. No children.
III. Nancv^, b. 3 Feb., 1837, ra. 12 Dec, 1861, Willl\m Mil-
ler, and d. 27 Sept., 1880; he b. in Harrison Co., O., i Nov.,
1836, and settled in Franklin, O. Their children :
1. Ella A., b. 6 Nov., 1862, m. 6 May, 1883, C. C. Coulson; he b. 12
Nov., 1859, and had:
0 Mary D., b. 30 July, 1884. 2)" Roger W., b. 28 Oct., 1890.
2. J/ai^ie y., b. 17 Sept., 1864, m. 23 Jan., 1895, George W. Miller ;
he b. 3 Mar., 1870.
3. Charles B., b. ii Nov., 1866, d. 5 Apr., 1890.
Frank G., b. 27 Nov., 1868.
Jesse P., b. 21 Jan., 187 1.
Mary D., b. 27 Mar,, 1873.
Hattie^ b. 15 Nov., 1875.
Blanche, b. 10 July, 1880.
IV. Henry^, b. 19 Jan., 1839, d. 19 Sept., 1839.
150 Job Lane and Descendants.
V. Mary A.^, b. 30 May, 1844, m. at McConnellsville, O., 17
Oct., 1867, Capt. Charles J. Gibson; he b. Morgan Co., O., 31
May, 1841. She d. 3 June, 1884. Their children:
1. Myr^a D., b. 1 1 Dec, 1868, m. 28 Mar., 1885, Dr. J. B. Naylor,
and d. 18 June, 1886; he b. 4 Oct., i860.
2. Jessie L., b. 4 Mar., 1869, m. 12 Aug., 1888, G. L. Keaw, he b. 4
Dec, 1863, and they had:
i) Mary F., b. 6 Feb., 1889. 2) Harry B., b. 11 June, 1892.
3. Thomas B,, b. 12 Nov., 1871.
4. Milton, b. 17 July, 1873, d. 19 Sept., 1873.
5. Clara M., b. 3 Jan., 1878.
6. Harry L., b. 27 Dec, 1881, d. 9 Aug., 1882.
7. Afary M., b. 16 July, 1884.
106. VI. Thomas Benton^, b. ii Oct., 1844, m. Lucia M.
Roland.
85.
RICHARD LANE' (John^ Gershom F.^ John^-3-2, Job'),
1 81 2-1 892, was born in Penn., 14 Feb., 181 2, moved in infancy
with his parents to Ohio, m. 19 Dec, 1833, ELIZABETH HORN,
who was b. 14 Feb., 181 2, and d. 20 Dec, 1891. He d. 8 Jan.,
1892.
Children :
I. Minerva^, b. 2 Apr., 1835, m. 9 Nov., 1854, John Larimore;
he b. 7 Oct., 1 83 1. Their children:
1. Clara E., b. 26 Sept., 1855, d. 17 Nov., 1859.
2. Elma E.f b. 8 Oct., 1856, d. 10 June, 1873.
3. Caroline A/., b. 12 Sept., 1858, m. 21 Nov., 1877, yohn R. Black-,
he b. I Mar., 1853, and had:
i) Mary T., b. 24 Nov., 1878. 2) Richard L., b. 27 May, 1 88 1.
4. William C, b. 9 Apr., i860.
5. George L., b. ii May, 1862, m. 14 Feb., 1888, Lillie L. King; she b.
I Oct., 1866, and had;
i) Walter King, b. 3 Jan., 1889, and took the prize at baby show, Topeka,
Kan.
6. Richard C, b. 12 Sept., 1 864.
7. Blanche,}). 6 Aug., 1866, m. 18 Sept., 1888, Sherman S. IVhitc, he
b. 14 Nov., 1864, and had:
I) Harry D., b. i July, 1889, d. 25 Sept., 1889. 2) Wilbur S., b. 22
Sept., 1890. 3) Mildred B., b. 19 July, 1892.
Family Eighty-Six. 151
8. Fannie F., b. 5 July, 1868, m. 26 Mar., 1889, Clarence E. Ferry; he
b. 15 June, 1869, and had:
i) Ivy P., b. 8 July, 1890. 2) Edith M., b. 15 Nov., 1892.
9. Brtice L., b. 4 Apr., 1871, m. 2 Oct., 1895, Mary E. Bonhatw, she
b. 28 Sept., 1872.
10. Jessie F., b. 13 Feb., 1873, m. 24 Jan., 1895, Asa H. Broxi<n; he
b. 27 Apr., 1872.
11. Infant Son, b. 1 1 Aug., 1874, d. 19 Oct., 1874.
12. James U., b. 30 Sept., 1875, d. 24 Mar., 1877.
13. Fred B., b. 5 July, 1878.
II. George W.®, b. 17 Apr., 1838, m. 10 Nov., 1859, H. Ellen
Belt and d. 27 Mar., 1861. She was b. 10 Nov., 1839. Their
only child :
I. Clara E.^, b. i8 Feb., 1861, m. 23 Nov., 1881, Thomas IVilliams, he
b. 5 May, 1855, and had:
l) Louise, b. I Aug., 1894.
86.
DANIEL TJOVD NORTH, m. 4 Mar., 1844, MARY EVA-
LINE LANE" (George \V.'% Gershom F.^, John^-^-^, Job»), she b.
Montrose, Pa., 25 Nov., 1823, and d. of paralysis 4 Jan., 1894.
Their children :
I. Agnes Ann, b. 24 Feb., 1845, i"^"'- ^^st, 7 Dec, 1868, George
Lewis, m. second, 14 Sept., 1873, Andrew A. Parmelee. Her
children :
1. Adolphns Corella (Lewis) b. 28 Sept., 1869, m. 21 Sept., 1892, Edith
Berry.
2. Katherine May, b. 5 May, 1 87 1.
3. Frank Edzaard (Ta.T melee) b. 15 Jan., 1875.
4. Burt Olmstead, b. 10 Dec, 1878.
5. Arthur Andre^u, b. 15 May, 1880.
6. Lillian Grace, twin, b. 4 June, 1883.
7. Leon IValter, twin, b. 4 June, 1S83.
II. Ella F., b. 12 Sept., 1846, m. W. W. Rogers, and had:
1. Delphine, b. 5 June, 1870.
2. Charles, b. 20 Jan., 1876.
3. Edna, b. 23 Feb., 1877.
III. Sarah J., b. 13 Aug., 1848, m. 7 Dec, 1870, Charles
Frink, and had :
I. Frederick lF.,h. 20 Jan., 1872.
152 Job Lane and Descendants.
IV. George L., b. 13 Jan., 1851, m. Mabel , and had:
1. Charles V., b. 4 Aug., 1880.
2. Dajiiel L., b. 5 Jan., 1884.
V. Edward R., b. 29 Nov., 1854 m. Christie , and had:
1. Willie E., b. 14 Sept., 1879.
2. Mary E.,h. 6 Nov., 1881.
3. Sarah E., b. 15 Dec, 1884.
4. Lezuis, b. 16 June, 1 888.
VI. Nahum J., b. 4 July, 1859, ^'^'^- 1882, Arvilla Bennett,
and had :
I. Corella^ b. 16 Apr., 1883.
87.
SAMUEL FREEMAN LANE^ (George W.6, Gershom F.^,
John'*-^--, Job'), b. Montrose, Pa., 31 Aug., 1834, student at Mont-
rose Academy, school teacher, began study of law 1859. He en-
listed 1 86 1 in First Pennsylvania Cavalry, was transferred to
Signal Corps, Army of the Potomac, Feb., 1864, and was dis-
charged at the close of the war, Aug., 1865. He was high sheriff
of .Susquehanna Co., Pa., Oct., 1866, to 1869, was admitted to the
bar of Susquehanna Co., Jan., 1879, and held a leading position
in his profession. He was nominated for Justice of the Supreme
Court of Penn. by the People's Party, Sept. 7, 1899. He has as-
sisted greatly in the family history.
Mr. Lane m. 14 Nov., 1866, KATE WELLS. The'y resided in
Montrose, Pa.
Children :
I. Grace A.^, b. 27 Oct., 1867.
II. Olmstead,® b. 20 Oct., 1869, d. 25 Dec, 1878.
HI. Jesse Lamont®, b. 21 Sept., 1871.
IV. Bruce^, b. 23 June, 1874, d. 28 Feb., 1875.
V. Walter Freeman^, b. 26 Apr., 1876.
VI. Emma May^, b. 23 July, 1877.
VII. Pauline®, b. 2 May, 1881.
SAMUEL FREEMAN LANE.
Family Eighty- Nine. 153
88.
AARON BUNNELL, b. 30 Jan., 1828, lived at Russell Hill,
Pa., where he d. 7 Jan., 1894. He m. 23 Apr., 1849, CLEMEN-
TINE LANE^ (Thomas^, Gershom F.-^ John"^--^--, Jobi) : she b. 30
July, 1829, at Montrose, Pa.
Their children :
I. Clar-\ Rosaletta, b. 22 May, 1850, m. 24 Mar., 1873,
Martin M. Bramhall, lived at La Porte, Ind., and had :
1. Edith Cle?ne7iiine, b. 8 Mar., 1874.
2. Bertha Evelyn, b. 27 Nov., 1878.
3. Arthur Eugene, b. 24 Aug., 1884.
4. Ralph Rodger, b. 8 Oct., 1887.
n. Bessie Amanda, b. 16 Jan., 1852, m. 24 Oct., 1S76, Har-
RiDON Sterling Jen^tngs; he b. 21 May, 1853, lived at North
Mehoopany, Pa., and had :
1. Joanna, b. 7 Sept., 1879.
2. Leondl, b. 5 Oct., 1 882.
3. Sterling Bunnell, b. 18 Feb., 1886.
HL John Gh.bert, b. i Mar., 1856, d. 10 Sept., 1858.
IV. Mary Frances, b. -18 July, 1858, m. i .\Lar., 1880, Manuel
Thomas Silvara, lived at Silvara, Bradford Co., Pa., where he d.
14 Aug., 1892, and she d. 13 Sept., 1893. Their children:
1. Harridon A., b. 30 Dec, 1880.
2. Eva Clementine, b. 9 Nov., 1885,
V. Alma E., b. 8 Jan., 1861, d. 8 June, 1862.
VL James Lane, b. i May, 1862, resided at Russell Hill, Pa.
VH. Minnie Josephine, b. i Nov., 1865.
VHL Eleanor Roena, b. i July, 1868.
IX. John Walter, b. 12 Aug., 187 1.
89.
LUCIUS EUART WILLIAMS, b. 24 Apr., 1827, m. 28 Dec,
1854, ANNE MARIA LANE" (Thomas6, Gershom F.6, John4-3-2,
Jobi), she b. Montrose, Pa., 22 Jan., 1833. They lived at New-
ark Valley, N. V.
154 Job Lane and Descendants.
Their children :
I. Myron Lane, b. i Oct., 1855, m. 14 Dec, 1881, Fannie E.
WiLLEY. Their children :
1. Lucius Airman, b. 23 Oct., 1888.
2. CJiarles Clark, 1). 26 Feb., 1890.
3. Ralph Burrett, b. 19 Nov., 1892.
IL Lillian Sarah, b. i June, 1863, m. 10 June, 1885, Charles
S. Payne, M. D., Liberty, Sullivan Co., N. Y., and had :
1. Euart Williams, b. 26 Apr., 1887, d. 5 Sept., 1887.
2. Anna Louise, b. 3 Apr., 189 1.
3. Evelyn, b. 25 Apr., 1894.
IIL Julia Clementine, b. 26 Feb., 1866, d. 27 Apr., 1870.
IV. Norman Merrill, b. 30 Dec, 1868, d. 13 Oct., 1871.
90.
LEMUEL BLAKESLEE, of Springvil'le, Pa., m. 27 Dec, 1855,
CHARLOTTE LANF7 (Thomas^ Gershom Y-\ John^-^-^, Job^),
she b. Montrose, Pa., 15 Mar., 1837. He d. 10 Jan., 1893.
Their children :
L Jessie M., b. 14 Nov., 1856.
H. Louisa E., b. 24 Mar., i860.
HL Robert L., b. 23 Sept., 1865, m. 20 Sept., 1888, Mary E.
Kilts, and had :
1. Robert Paul, b. II Nov., 1889.
2. Betsey Madeline, b. I Mar., 1892.
IV. Sarah M., b. 13 Jan., 1868, d. 13 Mar., 1876.
V. James A., b. 22 Dec, 1869.
VI. LoiTiE Caroline, b. 14 Jan., 1874.
VII. Marian C, b. 9 Jan., 1876.
VIII. Kate Helene, b. 23 July, 1879.
Family Ninet\'-T\vo. 155
91.
WILLIAM AUGUSTUS LANE- (Oliver W.«, SolomonMames^-^,
John2, Jobi), 1822-1887, b. 12 Mar., 1822, m. first, MARY P.
WRIGHT, of Pepperill, who d. 21 Sept., 1852, ae. 31 ; m. second,
JULIA M., dau. of Thomas and Betsey HOUGHTON, of North-
field, Vt., who d. 21 July, 1872, ae. 42 ; m. third, i Jan., 1873,
SARAH M., widow of George W. LANE« (Abner B.', Eliab B.^,
John-^ Job3, John2, Job^).
Mr. Lane res. Bedford, was an auctioneer and d. 31 July, 1887,
ae. 65 yrs., 4 ms., 19 ds.
Children by first wife :
1. Mary Ella*^, b. 25 Feb., 1849, ^- Charles A. Corey, town
clerk, Bedford, 187 1, onward a score of years. No. 37, III. 2.
She d. 26 July, 1879, leaving:
1. Lo^^ie May, b. 24 June, 1870.
2. Mary Adelle, b. 25 July, 1876.
By second wife :
II. Henry W.^, b. 31 Aug., 1855, d. 27 Oct., 1855, ae. 2 ms.
III. William M.^ b. 31 Aug., 1855, twin, d. in infancy.
IV. Rosa Belle^ b. 4 July, 1858, m. 29 Nov., 1873, at the age
of 15 years, Wallace Ellithorp, son of Henry and Annie of
Edinburgh, Scotland.
92.
OLIVER JOSIAH LANE' (Oliver W.^, Solomon^, James4-3,
John2, Job^), was b. in Bedford, Mass., 29 Jan., 1828, a carpenter
and builder, erected his dweUing on an old homestead of the Bed-
ford Lanes for five generations ; was chairman and treasurer of
the committee for Bedford's Sesqui-Centennial in 1879. When the
Union school house in Bedford was dedicated, Dec. 31, 1891,
Hon. Jonathan A. Lane, of Boston, tendered the gift of a clock,
and Oliver J. Lane, Esq., as chairman of the Selectmen, delivered
the keys from the Building Committee to the School Board. He
156 Joe Lane and Descendants.
served as Selectman, i859-'65, i868-'73, iSyy-'yS, 1881 until
1896, and was Moderator 41 years, of more town meetings than
any other citizen. Action of the town of Bedford, March 2, 1896.
''Resolved, That a vote of thanks be given Mr. Oliver J. Lane
for his valuable services as a town ofificer for the last twenty-five
years, and that the same be placed on the records of the town ;
and a copy of this vote so cordially given Mr. Lane by a rising
vote of the town be handed him by the clerk."
Mr. Lane m. 28 Apr., 1853, MARY ANN, dau. of John D. and
Eliza A. BILLINGS.
Children :
107. I. John Wellington^, b. 2 May, 1854, m. Mary M. C.
Marble.
II. Alice Walton®, b. 16 Feb., 1857, m. 28 Aug., 1883,
James Stoddard, he b. 1856, son of William J. and Joanna W.
Stoddard. Had :
I. Alice Lane, b. 29 May, 1884,
III. M. Athalia^ b. 18 Dec, 1859.
IV. Elmer A.®, b. 17 Nov., 1863, m. 23 Oct., 1888, Nettie L.
Adams, dau. of George and Maria A. (Lincoln) Adams. Had :
I. Frank Adams^, ]>. 16 Sept., 1889.
V. Edith L.®, b. 4 Jan., 1866.
93.
SAMUEL LEAVITT LANE' (Oliver W.^, Solomon-^ James^-s,
John^, Job^), 1 838-1 87 7, was born in Bedford, Mass., 24 Feb.,
1838; enlisted July 16, 1864, in Co. D, 6th Regiment of Mass.
Volunteers for 100 days, went to military camp at Lowell, Mass.,
July 24, 1864, and was stationed later at Fort Delaware. He d.
II Jan., 1877, ?e. 38 yrs., 10 ms. The town of Bedford received
^50, April, 1893, for the care of his lot. No. 207 in the burial
ground.
Mr. Lane m. 23 May, 1861, FRANCES E., dau. of Isaac and
Lydia PINKHAM.
Family Ninety- Five. 157
Children :
I. Arthur W.^, b. 21 July, 1865, d. 7 July, 1879, ae. 13 years.
II. Ernest P.®, b. 31 Aug., 1873.
94.
JOB BLANXHARD LANE' (Davidc-^ James*^•^ John^, Jobi),
1828-1890, b. Bedford, Mass., 18 Oct., 1833, m. 17 June, 1862,
CAROLINE P. RUSSELL, she b. 1842, dau. of Royal and
Roxy B. Russell. He settled on the homestead in Bedford and d.
14 May, 1890, leaving widow and son.
I. Walter David^, b. 18 Oct., 1866. He stood by and saw a
part of the ancestral acres sold under the hammer in September,
1 89 1. This was the first transfer by deed of estate that eight
generations of the Lane family had owned and occupied for 227
years since the purchase of Job Lane, Senior, from Gov. Fitz-John
Winthrop in August, 1664.
Walter D. Lane and his mother now live on the estate. David
Lane built the present house.
95.
MOSES WRIGHT RICHARDSON, a merchant of Boston,
Mass., was born i Jan., 1827, son of Thomas and Mary (Wright)
Richardson, of Fitzwilliam, N. H. He m. 5 June, 1855, ELIZA
WAIT LANE" (Jonas Henry^, Jonas^ Samuel"*, James^, John^,
Job^), she b. Boston, 27 Apr., 1833. She was christened in
Bowdoin street church, bearing the names of her two grand-
mothers ; was the victim of vaccination at three months old, re-
vaccination with effect 1837, chicken pox 1838, whooping cough
1839, measles 1841, scarlet fever 1841, vaccination again 1854.
Her teachers were Sarah H. Lothrop under Chauncey Place church
1 84 1, Emma Lothrop 1844, Misses Sullivan, at Quincy and Ellen
Reed, in Park street 1845, Adams and Welds, Winter street 1847,
158 Job Lane and Descendants.
Rev. Hubbard Winslow, Allston street, 1850 to 1852, with lessons
upon the piano 1842, vocal music 1845, and riding school 1846.
In 1854, she became engaged to Mr. Richardson, to whom she
was married by Rev. George Richards, pastor of the Central
church, at her father's residence No. 4 Montgomery Place, in
presence of numerous friends, and receiving costly wedding
presents with an evening band concert. "The guests of the day
and the evening serenaders were generously entertained, but no wine
or spirits were served."
After a month's wedding trip, they occupied rooms at No. 2
Avon Place and went to house-keeping in their new house No.
589 Tremont avenue, Feb. 3, 1858. With delicate health she
visited continental Europe, accompanied by her husband and
sister Charlotte T. Lane, in 1868, and subsequently spent much
time at health resorts in Massachusets and at Lake George, Sara-
toga and New York city. A professor of Christ's religion and
member of Shawmut Congregational church, she fell asleep in Jesus,
2 Feb., 1872. Her age was t,8 yrs., 9 ms., 6 ds.
Their children were :
L Daughter, stillborn, 10 x'\pr., 1856.
n. P'annv Brown, b. 29 Mar., 1858, d. of brain fever, 9 Aug.,
1864, ae. 6 yrs., 4 ms., 10 ds.
HL Alice Wright, b. 15 Aug., 1859, d. 2 Sept., 1859, ?e. 17 ds.
IV. Henry, b. 12 Feb., 1861, d. 24 Feb., 1861, ?e. 12 ds.
V. Son, stillborn.
VL Arthur Kimball, b. 26 Feb., 1866.
96.
JONAS HENRY LANE, Jr." (Jonas H.6, Jonas\ SamueH,
James^, John-, Job'), was b. at 170 Washington street, Boston, 4
Jan., 1837, and christened the first Sabbath in June, 1837, at the
Franklin street church, by Rev. Wm. M. Rogers, bearing the name
of his father and grandfather Lane. He fought successfully man's
mortal enemies : vaccination when four weeks old, chicken pox
JONAS HENRY LANE, JR.
Family Ninety-Six. 159
1838, whooping cough 1839, inflammatory fcYer 1839, croup 1840,
measles 1841, lung fever 1845, varioloid 1854, billious fever 1862,
nervous, prostration 1872. He attended public Primary school
in Harvard Place 184 2-1 844, Adams' private school in Mason
street 1 844-1 847, Amos Baker's school in Chapman Place 1849-
1852, Comer's Commercial College 1852. He entered, as clerk,
the counting room of Read, Chadwick & Dexter, Bowdoin Block,
Milk street, Nov. 2, 1852. Here he bought his fur hat 1854, and
gold watch 1855, holding the clerkship till his majority, Jan. 4,
1858. He was salesman at the New York branch of the house
1858-1859.
Mr. Lane became partner in the firm of H. Ammidon & Co.,
dry goods commission house. New York, in 1861. He had con-
tinuous success in business under the firm of H. Ammidon & Co.
till 1864, and Ammidon, Lane & Co. subsequently, until his mill
at Oakdale, Mass., was totally destroyed by fire, Sept. 7, 1871.
By this fire and subsequent bankruptcy of a large part of the in-
surance companies, the mill sustained a loss of some ;$90,ooo, one-
half being owned by Mr. Lane. By the great fires in Chicago and
Boston in 1871 and 1872, his losses in insurance investments were
$20,000 more. He was president of the West Boylston, Mass.,
Manufacturing Co. 1871, and was elected president of the U. S.
Corset Co. of New York, in the spring of 1872, a new enterprise.
Ammidon, Lane & Co., Worth street, N. Y. city, had successors
Ammidon & Smith, Dec. 4, 1890. Mr. Lane is still in business
under the style of J. H. Lane & Co., New York city.
Jonas Henry Lane, Jr., m. 19 Jan., i860, his cousin ISABELLA
ALMIRA HOOPER ; she b. 24 July, 1836, dau. of James, Jr., and
Mary (Lane) Hooper, of Walpole, N. H., and Charlestown, Mass.
The marriage was solemnized by Rev. Edward N. Kirk, D.D., at
his father's house No. 4 Montgomery Place, Boston, amid mutual
friends with numerous wedding presents to the bride and groom.
They resided in New York city and at Sycamore cottage in
Llewellyn Park, Orange, N. J., which he had bought. He also
purchased at auction in Oct., 1868, house No. 131 East 21st
street. New York city, for $65,000 and subsequently the furniture
for $15,500. They moved into it Nov. i, 1868, and had the
160 Job Lane and Descendants.
pleasure of welcoming as first guests the same week his sisters Eliza
and Charlotte and brother-in-law M. W. Richardson, who then
arrived from Europe. Mr. Lane made a most deligntful vacation
trip with wife, children and sister, Apr. 22, to June 10, 1872, to
California, from which all returned with renewed health and vigor.
Business and recreation have taken him on visits to Europe as late
as 1899.
Six children :
I. Henry Anthony^, b. New York city, 15 Jan., 1863.
II. James Warren^, b. South Orange, N. J., 31 July, 1864, a
merchant of the firm J. H. Lane, New York city; m. 19 June,
1890, by Rev. \Vm. Hamilton Morgan, Eva Metcalf Bliss; she
b. 15 Oct., 1866, only child of Eliphalet William and Anne
Elizabeth (Metcalf) Bliss, of Fly Creek, Otsego Co., N. Y. Their
children :
1. Mortitiier Bliss^, b. New York city, 3 May, 189 1.
2. Arthur Bliss^, b. 16 June, 1894.
3. James Warren^ Jr.^, b. 5 May, 1898.
III. Mabel Frances^, b. New York city, 19 Mar., 1866.
IV. Florence Bro\\'n^, b. 3 May, 1869.
V. Elizabeth Abbott^, b. 5 Apr., 1871.
VI. Richard Hooper^, b. 6 July, 1875.
97.
EDWARD ERI POOR was born in Boston, Mass., 5 Feb.,
1837, and became a member of the firm of Denny, Poor & Co.,
New York city. He m. 17 Jan., i860, MARY WELLINGTON
LANE" (Washington Jefferson*^, Ebenezer-^, Samuel^, James^,
John-, Job'), she b. West Cambridge, Mass., 19 Dec, 1839.
Their children :
I. Edward Eri, b. West Cambridge, 2 Dec, 1861, m. 18 Jan.,
1888, Susan Grimes, and had :
1. Edward Eri, b. Hackensack, N. J., 7 Nov., 1889.
2. Mary Grimes^ b. 24 Mar., 1 89 1, d. 17 Aug., 189 1.
Family Ninety- Eight. IGl
II. James Harper, b. Boston, 17 Dec, 1862, m. 20 Jan., 1885,
Eyelyn Bolton, and had :
1. Evelyn Terry, b. Garden City, L. I., 22 Oct., 1886.
2. Mildred, b. 4 Oct., 1890.
III. Charles Lane, b. Hackensack, N. J., i8 Jan., 1866, m.
19 Apr., 1892, An*na Louise Easton, in New York.
IV. Frank Ballou, b. 24 Apr., 1868, m. 9 Apr., 1892, Bessie
Fitz Gerald Hamilton, in New York.
V. Helen Frances, b. 27 Mar., 1870, m. 11 Aug., 1892, Wil-
liam Clark Thomas, in Hackensack.
VI. Emily Clark, b. 3 Sept., 1873.
VII. Hor-ACE Fr-ANKLin, b. 12 July, 1878.
98.
Rev. JOHN HYRCANUS MELLISH^ (John^-2, Samuel^),
was born in Oxford, Mass., 30 Aug., 1824.
His brother David Batcheller Mellish was a member of the 43rd
Congress from New York city and had sons Edward A., druggist,
Worcester, Mass., and WiUiam C, a lawyer in the same city. His
brother George Herbert Mellish, of New York city, was living in
1899,
His father John Mellish, Esq.^, born Dorchester, Mass., 4
Feb., 1 80 1, d. Auburn, Mass., 4 Sept., 1875, ae. 74 yrs., 7 ms., m.
Cyrene, dau. of Peter and Nellie (Parmenter) Smith, she b. Wal-
pole, Mass., 16 Oct., 1800, and d. Southbridge, Mass., 29 Dec,
1867.
His grandfather was John Mellish-, b. Dorchester, Mass., 12
Dec, 1758, d. 24 June, 1824, a fifer in the army of the Revo-
lution five years, m. Hannah, dau. of William Holden ; she b. 12
Feb., 1763, and d. 19 Dec, 1832. He had numerous descend-
ants. A brother was Stephen MeUish. Another brother was
Samuel Mellish, deputy sheriff, etc
His great grandfather was Samuel Mellish^, b. Boston, Mass.,
d. Dorchester, Mass., 28 Oct., 1805, se. 76 years. He was son of
162 Job Lane and Descendants.
the emigrant from Great Britain, and ra. Sarah, dau. of Amos
Stetson, of Randolph, Mass., and his wife Margaret Thayer, of
Braintree, Mass. She d. in Dorchester, 7 Jan., 181 7, ae. 82 years.
A house he built in Dorchester was standing in 1899.
Rev. John Hyrcanus Mellish^, eldest son of John Mellish, Esq.,
graduated at Amherst College 1851, and at Andover Theological
Seminary 1854, was ordained Feb. 14, 1855, pastor of Congrega-
tional church, Kingston, N. H., 1855, to June, 1867, acting pastor,
Dayville, Conn., Jan., 1868, to April, 1871, North Scituate, R. I.,
June, 187 1, to June, 1880, Tisbury, Mass., 1880, to 1882, Temple,
N. H., 1882, to 1885, Auburn, Mass., 1886, to 1887, North
Scituate, R. I., 1887, to 1891, Killingly, Conn., without charge,
1892, .
He m. I Jan., 1856, SARAH ADELINE LANE^ (David Wood-
ward^', Samuel'"^-"^, James^, John-, Job^), she b. North Brookfield,
Mass., 24 Aug., 1828.
Children :
L Florence-'', b. Kingston, N. H., 5 Dec, 1856, was one year
at Mount Holyoke Seminary before the school became a college.
IL Bertha Lane-'', b. North Scituate, R. L, i Jan., 1877, was
a member of Mount Holyoke College in her third year at the time
of her disappearance, Nov. 18, 1897, and no trace of her has since
been found, Feb., 1899.
$500 REWARD.
Bertha Lane Mellish, a student at Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley,
Mass., disappeared from the College on the i8th of November, 1^97, and no
trace of her has been found since that time.
The following is a description: She is 20 years old, about 5 feet, 5 inches
in height, medium build, dark auburn hair, fair complexion, brown eyes, round
face, full lips. Sometimes wore her hair parted and sometimes combed
straight back. Very small faint scar in the center of forehead.
When last seen wore a black dress, shaggy black jacket, black cloth Tarn 'o
Shanter. Underclothing was marked "Mellish." She wore a gray flannel
skirt.
The above reward will be paid for the girl alive, by Rev. John H. Mellish,
at Dayville, Connecticut. In addition to the $50 offered by the Mt. Holyoke
College, the family will pay $50 additional for the recovery of the body.
Dayville, Conn., December loth, 1897.
h
ARTHUR BLISS
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Family One Hundred. 1G3
99.
JOHN HENRY LANE^ (David W.e, Samuel^-^, James^, John^,
Job^), b. North Brookfield, Mass., 4 Sept., 1846, m. 4 Sept., 1867,
ABBIE A. KELLOGG, of North Brookfield, and settled on the
homestead in North Brookfield.
Children :
L Eliza Abbie^, b. 13 Oct., 1868, ra. 27 July, 1889, S. K.
LiDSTONE, of North Brookfield, optician, Athens, Georgia, 1899.
Three children.
H. Frederick Henry®, b. 19 Aug., 1870, m. 2 June, 1898,
Lizzie H. Amidon, of North Brookfield.
HL Charles Sumner®, b. 10 Aug., 1872.
IV. Nellie May®, b. 9 June, 1875, m. 6 Oct., 1S96, Fred G.
Smith, of West Brookfield.
V. David Carl®, b. 3 July, 1877.
VL Emma Florence®, b. 27 Jan., 1882.
VH. John Jones®, b. 26 May, 1883.
VHL Edward Alaric®, b. 4 Aug., 1885, d. i Nov., 1886.
IX. Harold Albertus®, b. 5 Apr., 1888, d. 13 June, 1S88.
100.
GEORGE WINCHESTER LANE® (Abner B.', EHab B.^,
John''--^, Job^, John-, Job^), was b. in Bedford, Mass., 25 July,
1829. He m. SARAH ^L GOODWIN, dau. of Uriah and Nancy
(Hook) Goodwin. She was b. 1831, and m. second, i Jan., 1873,
William A. Lane" (Ohver W.6, Solomon^ James-^.^, John^, Job^).
Children of George W. and Sarah M. (Goodwin) Lane:
I. Henry W.^, b. 17 Jan., 1849.
II. George E.^, b. 16 Dec, 1851.
III. Charles Sumner^, b. 21 Feb., 1857.
IV. Daughter^, b. 25 Dec, 1858.
V. Frederic A.^, b. 20 Oct., i860, d. 2 Aug., 1868, se. 7 yrs.,
10 ms.
164 Joe Laxe and Descendants.
101.
FREDERICK DOUGLAS LANE^ (Samuel', Francis^-^ John^,
Job^, John-, Job^), was b. in Ashburnham, Mass., 4 July, 1849. He
attended public school in Ashburnham, entered Appleton Academy,
New Ipswich, N. H., Dec. 3, 187 1, and graduated June 12, 1874,
entered Dartmouth College August, 1874, and graduated June,
1878, taught school in New Ipswich, winter term of 18 78-' 79,
taught Grammar school, Ashburnham Centre, spring and fall of
1879, professor of mathematics and German, Gushing Academy,
Ashburnham, since Dec. 3, 1879, continuously. He was a mem-
ber of the school committee in Ashburnham, 1880 to 1889;
clerk of the church and has delivered lectures and preached
sermons in Congregational pulpits. He says, "my vocation is
teaching, my avocation is writing poetry, preaching occasionally,
lecturing sometimes and preparing mathematical works for future
publication." He lost valuable manuscripts by the Gushing Acad-
emy fire.
Prof. Lane m. in L'nion City, Pa., 24 Aug., 1887, CORA
JEAXETTE GILBERT; she b. Ashburnham, 25 Sept., 1865,
attended school in Ashburnham, Jamestown, N. Y., Canisteo, N.
Y., Keene, X. H., and graduated from Gushing Academy, June,
1885. Mrs. Lane has written quite extensively for several period-
icals.
Children :
I. Gilbert Frederick^, b. L^nion City, Pa., 13 Aug., 1890.
II. Sylvia Mary Lgis'^, b. Ashburnham, 14 July, 1893.
III. Merton Burgess^, b. 10 Dec, 1894.
102.
JULIUS ARTHUR LAXE^ (John'-^, Ziba\ John-*, Job^ John^,
Job^), was b. at Lockport, 111., 6 July, 1848. He made his home
in Chicago, 111., but his business of railroad builder took him to
many places in the United States and Central America. He m.
Family One Hundred Three. 165
14 Feb., 1873, HELEN DUNCAN SHIPMAN, b. 9 Mar., 1850,
dau. of Dr. George E. Shipman, founder Foundling's Home, in
Chicago. Parents and children constituted a happy, musical
family with instruments of great money value. They form a
Presbyterian choir and give concerts and church entertainments
with piano, flute, 1st violin, 2d violin, viola, violoncello and cornet.
Nine children :
I. Fannie Boardman'-^, b. 10 Nov., 1S73, ^^ Chicago.
H. John Harold^, b. 28 June, 1875, at Hyde Park, Cook Co.,
111.
HI. Emma Lilian^, | twins, b. 13 Feb, 1878, at Kenwood, Cook
IV. Rose Helen^, j Co., 111.
V. Jessie Barker^, b. 19 May, 1879, at Nettleton, Kansas.
\\. George Shipman^, b. 27 Jan., 1884, at Boyne Falls, Mich.
\TI. Margaret Pavson^, b. 31 Aug., 1885, at Chicago.
VIII. Edith Corinne^, b. 28 Mar., 1889, d. 30 Jan., 1893, at
Chicago.
IX. Marion Rogers^, b. 31 Aug., 1890, at River Forest, 111.
103.
JOHN CHAPIN LANE8 (Jonathan Abbot-, Jonathan^-^
John-*, Job'^, John'-^, Job^), i852-'98, was b. Boston, Mass., 8
Nov., 1852, the ninth person in as many successive generations
whose name begins with the letter J, and the eldest son of Hon.
Jonathan A. Lane whom he greatly resembled in his noble con-
ception of his duties as a public spirited citizen. . He married 1 1
'Sept., 1883, HARRIET BREWER WINSLOW; she b. 3 Jan.,
1859, dau. George S. Winslow of Norwood, Mass.
Mr. Lane entered the Boston Latin School in 1865, and was
graduated in 187 1, receiving a Franklin medal. He entered
Harvard College in 187 1, and graduated with honors in 1875.
After graduation he studied law in the office of George W. Morse,
Esq., and at the Law School of Boston University, receiving the
166 Joe Lane and Descendants.
degree of LL.B. in 1876. He was admitted to the Suffolk Bar in
1878, and practiced law under the firm of Morse & Lane with
ofifices at 28 State street. In 1879 he removed to Norwood, Mass.,
where he became influential in the educational, moral and social
development of the town. In 1880 he was appointed one of the
Trial Justices of Norfolk County, and in the judgment of 1,005
cases distinguished himself for keen, clear-headed, righteous decis-
ions. From 1883, onward, he was associated with many important
litigations, being special counsel for several large firms engaged in
industry and transportation. As a counsellor and strictly com-
mercial lawyer he stood among the first, and his firm built up a
large practice. He was president of the Allen- Lane Company,
commission merchants, and director in the woolen mills at Warren
and East Wilton, Me., and Manchester, N. H. He was treasurer
and director of Newton Street Railroad Co., Jan. 26, 1889; was
projector and treasurer of the Norwood Associates for Co-operative
Savings, president of the Norwood Board of Trade, vice-president
of the Massachusetts Board of Trade, as well as holder and
manager of several large trusts.
Judge Lane became a member of Hebron Chapter of Free
Masons in 1885, and of the Cyprus Commandery of Knights
Templar, located at Hyde Park, Oct. 27, 1887 ; took the Scottish
Rite Degrees at Boston, and became member of Massachusetts
Consistory in the spring of 1896, taking the 3 2d degree, April 24,
1896. He was also a member of Aleppo Temple of the Mystic
Shrine at Boston, and of the Loyal Contentment Lodge of Odd
Fellows at Norwood.
He was an important factor in the political world, enthusiastic as
a Republican up to 1884, afterwards active on the Democratic
State Committee till 1895, then manager of the campaign of th^
Gold Democrats and delegate to the National Convention at
Indianapolis, in the summer of 1896. In the fall of 1896, he was
chosen vice-president of the Young Men's Democratic Club of
Massachusetts, and re-elected in 1897.
He was deeply interested in the public schools of Norwood, and
instituted the Norwood medals for merit and good scholarship in
1890, now so eagerly sought by competing pupils. He was a
Family One Hundred Four. 167
member of the Norwood Literary Club, and chairman of the School
Committee in 1894, and of the Board of Trustees of the Public
Library i893-'98.
Mr. and Mrs. Lane were members of the First Congregational
church at Norwood. He was admitted without giving up his
membership in the L'nion church, Boston, with which he had been
for a long time connected. He served on the prudential com-
mittee of the church, on the committee of the parish and on the
music committee in 1897-98, a tireless worker and inspiring
helper in all departments of the church and an endeared Bible
class teacher in the Sunday School. He had inherited through a
long line of ancestors a tendency to distinguishing public service, and
he ranked high in the social, business, benevolent and religious
circles with which he was connected.
On Nov. 2, 1898, seemingly in the best of health, he left his
home in Norwood to take an early morning train for Boston.
Thinking himself late he ran part of the way to the station. He
was taken severely ill on the cars, and on arriving in Boston went
to his mother's house on Tremont street. He had recovered suf-
ficiently Nov. 15, to be driven to his home in Norwood, and ap-
peared improved by the change. The next day his trouble de-
veloping into pericarditis, he failed steadily until on Sunday morn-
ing, Nov. 20, 1898, he passed away.
"The best words of formal resolution can but faintly express the
sense of loss we feel in the death of our late President John C.
Lane.
"If integrity is the best evidence of true manhood, an unwilling-
ness to inflict unnecessary pain the mark of the gentleman, dis-
interestedness the test of citizenship, and self denial the character-
istic of the Christian, surely we may say that John C. Lane was an
honest man, a perfect gentleman, a good citizen, and a zealous
Christian." — Norwood Board of Trade.
104.
Rev. SAMUEL LANE LOO^^S^ (Elihu-, Aretas^, Shem^,
Amos-*, Stephen^, Joseph^-i), was b. in Littleton, Mass., 16 Aug.,
168 Job Lane and Descendants.
1856, A. B., Amherst College, 1877, Yale Theological Seminary
1878, Andover Theological Seminary 1880, ordained Oct. 14,
1880, succeeding his father and grandfather in the Congregational
ministry. His first charge was at Newport, Ky., i88o-'85,. under
the Home Mission Society, where he erected a church free from
debt. On leaving Newport, he traveled in Europe two years,
1 885 -'86. Returning he gave a course of lectures at Andover
Seminary,- which were afterward published under the title of
Modern Cities and Their Religious Problems. This book had a
large sale and was used as a text-book in Chicago University and
elsewhere. He next became assistant pastor of the Tompkins
Avenue church, Brooklyn, N. Y., with Dr. R. R. Meredith, where
he worked nearly three years, 1886-89. He resigned to accept a
call to Belleville Avenue church, Newark, N. J., i89o-'96. He
was installed pastor of Union church, Boston, Nov. 8, 1896.
The sermon at his installation was by Dr. Meredith, a former
pastor of the Union church, and the installing prayer was by Rev.
Elihu Loomis, the father of the new pastor. He received the
degree of D.D. from Amherst College 1899.
Mr. Loomis m. 23 Aug., 1887, MARION CAMP LIPPINCOTT
of Lincoln, Neb,
They have son :
L Henry Sprague^, b. 18 June, 1891.
105.
RICHARD LANE*^ (Hiram H.", John^ Gershom F.\ John^-^-s,
Job'), was b. in Wesley Township, \Vash. Co., Ohio, 9 June, 1832,
m. 18 Apr., 1861, ELIZABETH MILLER; she b. 26 Dec, 1838,
in Harrison Co., O.
Their children :
I. Minerva^, b. 5 Apr., 1862, m. 29 Apr., 1883, Thomas I.
Mercer, he b. 28 Jan., 1859.
II. Adella^, b. 23 Jan., 1864, d. 9 May, 1895.
Family One Hundred Seven. 169
III. Marv^, b. 26 Jan., 1866, m. 15 July, 1893, John Cole-
man, he b. 3 Nov., 1870, and had :
I. Jesse, b. 19 Mar., 1894.
IV. Homer*^, b. 9 Feb., 1872.
V. Ralph^, b. 27 Sept., 1873.
VI. George^, b. 21 June, 1875.
106.
THOMAS BENTON LANE^ (Hiram H.^, John^, Gershom F.^
John"^-^-2, Job'), was b. in Wesley Township, Ohio, 11 Oct., 1844,
settled as a merchant at \Vindsor, O., post office, Stockport, O.
He m. at McConnellsviUe, O., 12 Feb., 1874, LUCIA M. ROLAND,
she b. 3 Sept., 1852.
Their children :
I. Gertrude M.^, b. 28 Nov., 1874.
II. Hiram H.9, b. 10 Nov., 1877.
III. Helen E.^, b. 18 May, 1880, d. 20 June, 1882.
IV. Goldie B.9, b. 31 Oct., 1882.
V. Elsie D.9, b. 9 Feb., 1886, d. 26 Aug., 1886.
VI. Jessie M.9, b. 9 May, 1888.
VII. Mabel B.^, b. 22 Jan., 1890.
VIII. Richard D.^, b. 12 Apr., 1892, d. 30 July, 1892.
IX. Jesse B.^, b. 12 Apr., 1892.
X. Dorothy M.9, b. 4 July, 1894.
107.
JOHN WELLINGTON LANE^ (Oliver J.', Ohver W.^,
Solomon-^, James^-^, John-, Job'), was b. in Bedford, Mass., 2 May,
1854, lived in Fall River, Mass., having possession of his great
170 Job Lane and Descendants.
grandfather Solomon Lane's Bible and sword, and the flint-lock
gun he carried at Concord Fight, and also holding deed of the last
ten acres remaining in the Lane family of the original Winthrop-
Lane Farm. He m. MARY M. C. MARBLE, of Somerset, Mass.
Six children, all boys :
L William Josiah^, b. ii May, 1882.
IL John Franklin^, b. 12 July, 1884, d. 17 Mar., 1890.
IIL Onslow' Stearns^, b. 4 Feb., 1887.
IV. Herbert Billings^, b. 20 Dec, 1888.
V. Samuel Marble^, b. 18 Aug., 1891.
VL John Wellington, Jr.^, b. 19 Apr., 1893.
PART III.
James Lane of Casco Bay, Me.,
AND DESCENDANTS.
The Rev. James Pillsbiiry Lane furnished a sketch of "James
Lane of North Yarmouth, Me., and His Descendants" for the
Neiv England Historic- Genealogical Register of April, 1888, vol.
42 : pp. 141-152.
1.
JAMES LANE^ b. in England, son of James Lane, was a
craftsman and perhaps member of the guild of turners, London,
in 1654. The same year he had joint ownership with his brother,
John Lane, in real estate at Rickmansworth, Hertford Co., re-
ceived from their parents, in which their brother, Job Lane, claimed
also a share. James Lane had paid debts on the property, "a
good sum," and was reduced in circumstances. Jeremiah Gould
wrote to Job Lane from London, June 6, 1654: "You wonder
your Brother James should deceive me to make away your estate
... I find a surrender of premises from both father and mother
unto James and John and their heirs forever. . . . Your brother
James, he is very poor and I hope very honest." — Gen. Reg., iS^Y-
The brothers, Job, James and Edward Lane, settled in Maiden,
Mass., about 1656, probably in some sort of partnership, which,
however, did not continue long. James Lane soon removed to
Casco Bay, Me. Edward Lane was of Boston, Mass., and sold his
Maiden estate in 1663. Job Lane removed to Billerica, Mass.,
about 1664.
172 James Lane and Descendants.
James Lane seems accounted an inhabitant of Charlestown,
Mass., in 1658. In 1660, Nov. 19, then of Maiden, he appointed
Job Lane his attorney.
"I James Lane, of Maiden, Middlesex County, Turner, Have
constituted my well beloved brother Job Lane of same Maiden, my
true and lawful attorney in my name and sted to act etc. Seal and
anchor : Witness, Thomas Esdell, Wm. Pearse."
While the deposition of John Lane^ (James') July 2, 1733,
shows that the family "removed from Maulden to a Place since
called North Yarmouth, in Casco Bay," the statement that it was
"about seventy-five years since," cannot be taken as giving the
exact year.
Raleigh Gilbert probably entered the harbor of Casco Bay in 1608. Capt.
John Smith anchored here in 1614. Thomas Dermer must have been here in
1619. Christopher Levett was welcomed at the falls of Presumpscot in 1623,
by the Sagamore Skatterygusset. This Sachem was chief of the Aucocisco
tribe from which comes the name Casco. All the early plantations were called
by the general name of Casco Bay. No boundaries were defined and the
Indian designations were in use. The ancient places of Maquoit, Harraseeket,
Westcustigo, Damaris Cove, Machegonne Neck, Purpooduck and Spurwink
became better known as Falmouth in 1658.
Ferdinando Gorges early granted a township extending six miles on Casco
Bay east of Westcustigo river. Here William Royall, a cooper and clap-board
cleaver, settled as early as 1636, purchased land in 1643, gave his name to
the river and ended his days. The municipality of Westcustigo was recog-
nized by Mass. in 1680.
"Fort Royal 22d September 1680.
"For the further enlargement to the settlement of the township, by the
governour and company of the Massachusetts Colony, on the easterly side of
the West Custigo river on Casco Bay; it is hereby granted unto them, that the
waste lands lying between the said grant and Casco shall be added to the
township called Damerras Cove. It is also hereby ordered and declared that
the name of the plantation shall be North Yarmouth.
Thomas Danforth President.''''
Here James Lane acquired by purchase and improvement large
estates in various situations, and gave his name to a point of land
and to an island off the east bank of Royall's river which still bears
his name. The Indian headquarters for fishing the streams and
coves along shore and island of Casco Bay seem to have been on
Family One. 173
Lane's Island. Tradition marks the island as the place where the
Indians planted corn, held councils, tortured their captives and
buried their dead. As the banks of the island cave away, human
bones are exposed to view. From the manner of burial it is sup-
posed that the graves are those of the aborigines.
Court Items: James Lane was a frequent petitioner to the General Court,
and his family is mentioned casually four times in Willis' History of Portland.
He was living at Falmouth in 1658, and was among the petitioners to be
joined to the Massachusetts Bay government. Among eight neighbors he re-
newed the petition, "April ye 26th (1659?) haueing formerlie presented a
petition to this Honourd Court for yoi" takeing vs vnder y gouernment Doe by
these in ye behalfe of our selues & ye rest of our Neighbours humbly renew
our request vnto you." — Mass. Archives.
James Lane received a legacy by his uncle John Lane's will
dated Aug. 7, 1661. "Item I giue and bequeath vnto James Lane
brother to the said Job, Tenn pounds of like good money to be
paid to him within Six moneths next after my death by myne
Execut^" — Gen. Reg., Oct., i8go.
In 1665-6 and probably longer, James Lane was "sergeant of
ye companye" and William Haynes "dark of y« band." This train-
band, the extent of Westcustigo's early martial glory, was a section
of the larger military division of Casco with its less than thirty
small houses. Sergeant Lane as chief oiiticer would be armed with
halberd, sword and pistol.
At a Court in Casco, July 26, 1666, James Lane was surety under a bond of
^^170, for James Mosier in the settlement of his father, Hugh Mosier's estate,
and soon after bought of James and John Mosier, out of the estate, two islands
called Great and Little Mosiers.
At the same Court James Robinson, cooper, of Black Point, was indicted,
29 July, 1666, for the murder of Christopher Collins of the same place. The
case was committed to James Lane of Westcustigo, with seventeen others,
"the jury of Life and Death," who found that "said Collings was slain by
misadventure and culpable of his own death." Jurymen were "freemen"
with the prerogatives of that title.
The name of James Lane appears in connection with presentments and in-
dictments by the Grand Jury at Casco, i Oct., 1667. "We present John
Mosier for travelling upon the Sabbath day, fined 5s,, officers fees 5s.
This los. to be forthwith paid; and if afterwards by 2 evidences he can make
it out that upon the Sabbath he traveled purposely, as he pretends, to look
174 James Lane and Descendants.
after Mr. Lane who that day, as the said Mosier pretended, was in danger of
being drowned, then the said Mosier is to have his los. returned to him again."
James Lane of Westcustigo with eight neighbors petitioned, Apr. 26, 1668,
"ye Honord General! Court of his maiesties Collonee of ye Massachusetts Bay
att Boston" to be taken under the government of Mass. He purchased estate
of John Cleaves, May 15, 1673.
"I John Sears (Cleaves) resident in the Province of Mayne in New Eng-
land, Planter, ffor Twenty pounds current money of New England, have sold
unto Mr. James Lane of Westgestuggo, All that Ysland commonly known or
called by the name of Reddings Island & being on the Eastern side of Mayre
Poynt Necke, togeather with all that Prcell of Land lying & being vpon Mare
poynt necke, comonly known by the name of Sandy Poynt . . . together with
all Marsh & Marsh grounds formerly in the Right & possession of Thomas Red-
ding deceased being Sixty Acers more or lesse, 15 May, 1673. Acknowledged
21 June, 1673: In presence of us Ezekiel Carveath, John Lane." — York Co.
Records, vol. ii, p. 2jS.
He also purchased of John Burrell, May 20, 1673, a second farm of sixty
acres lying between Royall's river and Cousin's river.
Boundary: 1690, Dec. 10, Deed. "Joshua Atwater of Boston to Theodo-
sius Moore of the same place, all my lands and house on Westostugo river
containing 200 acres bounded east by land of James Lane, west by said river;
also 16 acres one mile and a half above my house near James Lane's, being
the same land whereon Thomas Redding lived and died."
"Theo. Moore claimes a house and tract of Land lying upon Westcustogo
river in Casco Bay containing 2 Hund. acres more, or less upland, bounded by
the land of James Lane eastward, westward with the same river. North & South
with Creeks; together with 16 acres meadow about one Mile & half North-
West above my Dwelling house next James Lane's Meadow land, which
house, upland and Meadow Thomas Reding of late lived upon & died siezed
of in his own right. Bott of Joshua Atwater per Deed. Dated 10 December
1690. Acknowledged Dec. 29 1690." — Book of Eastern Claims.
Mr. Lane was witness to transfer of land from Ellner Redding widow of
Thomas Redding to James Andrews, March 10, 1673-4. "James Lane his
marke L."
He was living at Westcustigo in 1675. The deposition of John Lane, July
2> I733> 5^y^ \.\i'3X "he removed with his father James Lane from Maulden to
a Place since called North Yarmouth in Casco Bay and there lived till driven
from thence by the Indians in the first warr." This "first warr" was King
Philip's war of 1675 ^° 1678. Casco Bay was molested first, in the beginning
of September, 1675, when twenty-five harvesters going up the Bay in a sloop
and two boats to gather Indian corn were fired upon by Indians but escaped
with many wounds and the loss of their freighted boats. Again Sept. 12,
1675, old Mr. Wakely of Casco Bay, his wife, son, daughter-in-law and three
grand children were murdered and the house burned. This bloody butchery
Family One. 175
was succeeded, Aug. ii, 1676, by the attack on Falmouth in which thirty-
four persons were killed or captured, the rest of the inhabitants abandoning the
place. Capt. William Hathorne and soldiers never could come up with the
Indians and his expedition to Casco Bay was fruitless. — William Hubbanl,
1677.
Sergeant James Lane disappeared at this time. He was ''killed
in a fight with the Indians."
Deposition:
"Moses Felt aged about Eighty-Three years, doth Testifie & say that I the
Depon' did Live at North Yarmouth upward of Sixty years agone, and to my
certain knowledge Old Mr, James Lane Did then live in an Old Little House
on a Tract of Land between Redings Creek & Mossers Farm bounding south-
erly on the sea, for some years, and then he built a new Large House &
Lived in said House untill the Wars brook out, then Mr. Lane was killed &
his Family was driven off of said Farm, & when the Wars were over again,
Said James Lanes Son went to the said Farm again & did build a new End to
sd House & repaired the other Building, & did Live there until the Wars
brook out again, and I the Depon'. and one of my Brothers did Saw the
Jice and Timber for M^. James Lane, and said Farm was known and called
by the Name of Lane's and Wilkinson's Farm and by no other, but never
knew that Mr. Roiall or his sons had any Claim unto Sd Land. And Further
I the Depon*. have heard old M'. Roiall say he had Sold all his Land on the
East Side of Reding's creek to James Lane and John Wilkinson.
his
Moses n Felt.
mark.
Essex ss. Lyn Apr 3d 1731.
Then Moses Felt made Oath to the truth of the above written Euidence to
which he has put his mark & the same is taken to be in in perpetuam rei
rnemoriam.
Cap. Com.
Ben J. Lynde.
Benj. Lynde Jr.
Justice Peace. Quom.
A true copy of the Original Rec'd under Seal June 11, 1747.
Att. Dal. Moulton
Regr."
"James Lanes Ii
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1680.
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176
James Lane and Descendants.
money exd.
5, 2, 82 by Hen. K — ing
to mem
0—3—0
"The invetary, a bed and bed close 3 pound 15 sg and 8: shets 20 shilling,
8 sshillings, cotten cloth 17, a bed of serge 12 shillings, irish cloth
4 shillings, cloth 4 shillings, irise cloth 7 shillings, pece of homspun cloth 8
shilling, a bed blanket 4 shillings, lincewulse 34 shillings, puter 14 shillings,
2 shillings, a porridge pote 10 shillings, 3 chests at 5 shillings, 3
bras cetles at 20 shillings, a pare of tongs and pot hooks I shilling, a box of
good 6 ppounds, 'a bed a rudg and a blanket b^lddrecy, wee can not com at it
to prise it : a chest of goods and rittings and some other goods in John Lanes
hands and wee cant get them to prise them, the goods at bostownd 4 pound,
the bed in . . . hand appra . . at 2I los d.
ABRAM A MeTYN
mark.
18, 6, 1680 Taken upon oath
Before A. D. Rdr."
"Coppie of James Lanes Inven'y
"An Inventory of the estate of Jeames Lane
Bay.
One Bed & Bed cloths
one bed tick
Sheets
Table Linen
Cotton cloth
a piece of serge
Irish cloth
more Irish cloth
more Irish cloth
Home spun cloth
Bed Blanket
Linsey woolsey
puter
Blanket
one porridge pott
3 Chests
3 brass Kettles
a pr of Tongs & pot hooks
one Box of Goods
Goods at Boston
Deceased of the Town of Casco
03—15—00
00 — 1 8 — 08
0 I — 00 — 00
00 — 08 — 00
00 — 1 7 — 00
00 — 1 2 — 00
00 — 04 — 00
00 — 04—00
00 — 07 — 00
00 — 08 — 00
00 — 04 — 00
01 — 14 — 00
00 — 14 — 00
00 — 02 — 00
00 — 10 — 00
00 — 05 — 00
o I — 00 — 00
00 — 02 — 00
06 — 00 — 00
04 — 00 — 00
23 — 04 — 08
Family One. 177
one Bed & Rug & Blanket at his Daughters house in Bilrica we canot come at
at present at the . . . 2 — 10 — o
one Chest of Goods in John Lanes Hands but we canot get them at present
to prise them,
JOB LANE and
DANIEL SEVER
They was desired to prise a bed sumthing better than half full of feathers
a old bed ticking with peag . . , prised i — o — 11 shilling in money,
witness our hands
Job laine
DANNELL ShEVER"
James Lane is supposed to have had a wife ANN , and
certainly had a daughter by this name. He m. SARAH WHITE,
daughter of John White and his wife Mary, who was the widow of
James Phips. The mother Mary was mother of twenty-six
children, and the daughter Sarah was half-sister of Sir William
Phipps, the royal governor of Mass.
James Lane died intestate leaving six children who shared his
estate :
L Ann-, lived as the wife of John, son of Richard Bray, and
had :
I. Daughter.
"John Bray received from his father Richard Bray of Westcustigo, Dec. 24,
1669, deed of half the land bought of John Cossons." — York Co. Deeds.
Richard Bray and son John Bray were living in Casco Bay out of the limits
of Falmouth in 1675. — IViliiajn Willis.
Ann, daughter to James Lane, is named in the deposition of Nicholas Cole,
Dec. 23, 1678, and her house at Billerica, Mass., is mentioned in the inven-
tory of her father's goods, 1680.
Deposition :
"Nicholas Coole aged fiuety two years or yr abouts Ellner Redding aged
fiuety fiue years or yr abouts, testifyeth & sayth yt John Bray sonn to Richd
Bray & Rebecca of Cascoe Bay in the Province of Mayn in New England, was
neuer Legally married to Ann Lane daughter to James Lane with the Consent
of his father & mother, nor married by any Majestrate 'Justs of peace' Com-
misionr, nor by any Minister, nor by any man Impourd or authorized by any
authority, nor by any Act done by the Inhabitants yt liued there or else W,
but the sd John Bray lived with the abousd Ann Lane, by whom hee had a
daughter wch we Judg was not according to Law or Justice, and further sayth
not.
178 James Lane and Descendants.
The Deponents further sayth that ye abouesd John Bray was never published
to ye abouesd Ann Lane according to any law, & further sayth not.
All this to be vnderstood According to or knowledg who liued long by them
& know how they came to Hue as man & wife togeather.
Richard Bray also deposeth y* hee neur gaue Consent y* his sonn Bray
should Marry with y^ sayd Ann Lane.
Taken vpon oath this 23th of Decembr '78, before mee
Symon Bradstreete, Depu. Gour.
A true Coppy transcribed & with originall Compared this 21 : December
1680.
Pr EdW. RiSHVVORTH
Re. Cor."
— Vor^ Co. Deeds,
2. 11. John-, b. 1652, m. Dorcas Wallis.
3. III. Samuel^, had wife Abigail.
IV. Henry-, testified respecting Indian molestation, July 28,
1688, in the case: Falmouth against John Royal, See Samuel
Lane^ (James^). Henry Lane died at Boston, 4 June, 1690.
4. V. Job-, m. Mary Fassett.
VI. James^, deed of land from Richard Bray to his son John
Bray, Dec. 24, 1669, was witnessed by "James Layne Jujor" who
also was present when the deed was proved Aug. 25, 1679.
2.
JOHN LANE-^ (James'), 1652-1738.
Machigonne, now Portland, Me., was settled first by George Cleaves and
Richard Tucker, Mrs. Cleaves and daughter and a servant, in 1633. The
settlement was entirely destroyed by the Indians in 1676, resettled under
President Danforth in 1680, and again destroyed by French and Indians in
1690.
John Lane testified, July 2, 1733, that "Fifty-two or three years
since he went to live at Falmouth in Casco Bay and there lived till
he removed from thence in the 2d Indian War." — Deposition,
Other records show him at Cape Elizabeth under President
Family Two. 179
Thomas Danforth in 1680. Here he married DORCAS WALLIS^,
daughter of John- and Mary (Shepard) VVallis.
Nathaniel Wallis' was born in 1632, a native of Cornwall Co., England.
With his son John Wallis he was among the twenty-nine inhabitants of Black
Point and Casco, who, July 13, 1658, signed to be joined to Mass. Bay.
John Wallis* had bought his property at Cape Elizabeth in 1667. Record:
"Nicho. White sold to John Wallis a plantation at a place comonly called or
known by the name of Papoding in Casco Bay, 25 Nov., 1667, for 24 pounds
sterling." In the Indian attack upon Casco Bay, Aug. 11, 1675, "Gf"
W^allis his dwelling & none besides his is burnt; there are of men slain 11, of
women & children 23 killed & taken." — Thaddetis Clark, i^, 6, '76.
Driven away by the Indians in 1675, Goodman John Wallis returned to Fal-
mouth where he was Selectman in 1681. Compelled to flee in the second
Indian attack, he died at Gloucester, Mass., 23 Sept., 1690. Inventory of his
estate, Jan. 29, 1691.
John Lane was living near his father-in-law John Wallis at
Purpooduck Point in 1687, and May 26, 1689. King William's
war, "the second Indian U'ar" of John Lane's deposition, broke
out in 1686.
The Indians alleged grievances of their own. They began reprisals at
North Yarmouth by killing cattle and in a few instances persons. Samuel
and Henry Lane (see Samuel* (James') No. 3), testify to being molested in
their house July 26, 168S. Justice Benjamin Blackman ordered sixteen
Indians to be seized and kept under guard at Casco, but others continued to
rob and capture the inhabitants. In September, 1689, seven hundred French
and Indians attacked the fort at Casco which was successfully defended by
Col. Benjamin Church and his forces, and probably saved the Maine settle-
ment from absolute ruin. On May 17, the following year, 1690, an expedi-
tion from Quebec dismantled three forts at Falmouth, killed and captured one
hundred inhabitants and destroyed the town, The slain had no funeral cere-
monies and were left unburied until the next year. After the destruction of
Falmouth the eastern plantations were deserted. Maine, a second time, was
nearly abandoned of English settlements. The fugitives took refuge first on
Jewell's, then on Richmond's island to await earliest transportation, some for
Pascataqua, some for Boston and some for Salem. . From Casco Bay to
Pemaquid not one English plantation remained.
The families of John Wallis and John Lane of Cape Elizabeth
and of Samuel Lane of North Yarmouth are found soon at Glou-
cester, Mass. Here the Lane family gave the name of Lanesville
to a village of the town.
180 James Lane and Descendants.
John Lane of Ipswich, Mass,, Feb. 14, 1694-5, P^^<^ ^^o pounds current
silver money for one acre and a half of land with buildings thereon, to Shore-
born Wilson whose wife Abigail relinquished right of dower; witnessed Mar.
28, 1695. He sold land in Falmouth, Me., to John Arnold, F'eb. 11, 1700.
He bought land in Gloucester of Nathaniel Day and others, Oct. 5, 1700.
He received several grants of land in Gloucester — "swamp land up in the
woods with consent of neighbors," in 1701; a common right, Mar. 3, 1 701-2;
ten acres at Flatstone cove in 1704, where he built his house and to which his
own name was subsequently given; and land at Plum cove near his house in
1726. In 1713 he was paid \£, los, for killing "a grown wolve."
John Lane also possessed large estates in Maine by inheritance and by
purchase. The possessions of his father James Lane at Westcustigo, were
mentioned in the boundaries of other lands, Apr. 12, 1680. Molested by
the Indians, July 26 and Sept. 13, 1688, they were again mentioned,
Dec. 10, 1690. In Jan., 1 714-15, John Lane presented claims in his father's
name to six several propertys at North Yarmouth and also claimed in his own
right fifty or sixty acres at Pond cove. Cape Elizabeth. When in May, 1722,
Massachusetts renewed the corporation of North Yarmouth, and when the
meetings of proprietors and assignees were transfered from Boston to North
Yarmouth, May 16, 1 727, the claim of the Lane family as being among the
few original proprietors, was still duly recognized. — Sullivan'' s History of the
District of Maine, ijg^.
John and Dorcas Lane shared in the division of the Wallis estate at Fal-
mouth, Feb. 19, 1723. Calling himself then of Boston, John Lane conveyed,
Mar. 20, 1727, all right, inherited from his mother Sarah (White) Lane, dau.
of John White, at Nequasset in Kennebec, purchased by John White and
James Phips about 1640, from Edward Bateman, who with John Brown had
bought the land from Robin Hood, the Indian chief.
Deed, 1730, June 26. "John Lane son of James Lane, of Gloucester, to
Samuel Wait, Joseph Lampson & Josiah Nichols of Maiden, a tract of land in
North Yarmouth, bounded east by Capt. Thomas' farm, south by the sea, west
by Redding's Creek & to head of said creek.
Also, second, a neck of salt marsh on Cousin's River; also first neck on
South side of said river; also Lane's Island 30 acres more or less, and first
bounded premises more or less.
Also another tract in two parts, containing an island called Arnold's or
Moshier's Island.
Also a neck on Chusquiash River, 3 acres more or less.
Also a tract on north side of Saunders Creek and northwest by Cousins'
River, alias Little River, and running up northerly to creek joining Henry
Daniel's land, 60 acres more or less.
Also tract called Redding Island on east of Mare Point Neck, together
with land on said Neck formerly owned by Nicholas White, called Sandy
Point, and running from thence to the falls & sooner to Mecoit Bay formerly
belonging to Thomas Redding containing 60 acres."
Family Two. 181
Again 1732, Nov. 26, Aaron Cleveland of Charlestown, Samuel Newhall,
Joseph Lamson and Josiah Nichols all of Maiden, sold their "right of inheri-
tance to land owned by John Lane late of Casco Bay." — York Co. Deeds.
In consequence of the loss of deeds and evidences of titles by
the various inroads of the Indians, great confusion was brought
upon the titles to lands in Maine. To remedy in a measure this
evil, the (ieneral Court in 1700, appointed a commission consist-
ing of seven members to examine claims of persons to lands in the
Province. John Lane was accounted among the old Planters of
Westcustigo. Briefs of his Eastern claims, his share in the division
of the Wallis estate and his five Depositions are here presented.
BOOK OF EASTERN CLAIMS.
From a copy in the Willis Manuscripts.
Extract: "Jany, 1 714-5, John Lane of Gloucester, Claims in right of his
father James Lane, in North Yarmouth, viz., 60 acres of land bounded North-
west of Little river and so running up Northerly to a Creek joining to Henry
Daniel's Possession as p*" deed from John Burrell dated 20th May, 1673,
neither acknowledged nor Recorded.
Also Claims his father's Possession in sd Town, bounded pr Royall's river,
as appears by a torn <& defaced deed and by the Testimony of John Cousins
Taken before Edward Rishworth, Just. Peace.
John Lane also Claims another Parcell of land being an Island Commonly
called Redings Island, being on the Eastward side of Mare Point Neck,
together with all the Parcell of Land being upon Mare Point neck, bounded
with the Land formerly in the Possession of Nicholas White, Commonly
known by the name of Sandy Point, together with all ye Marsh and Marsh
Grounds formerly in ye Possession of Thomas Reding, being 60 acres more or
Less, as pr deed from John Cleaves dated 15 May, 1673. Acknowledged &
Recorded.
Item, another Island known by the name of Arnold's Island or Moser's
Island, with a neck of Marsh Ground Containing 3 or four acres, lying up the
river called the Little river as pr Deed by James Mosser and John Mosier,
Dated 28, Deer. 1666, neither Acknowledged nor Recorded.
Item, sd John Lane Claims in his own right a grant of a parcell of land
from the sd Town of Falmouth, — Contains fifty or Sixty acres lying on the
North Side of Pond Cove and that he did Quietly Possess and Improve sd
lands Several years, pr. the Testimony of Josiah Wallis taken before John
Newman, Just. Peace.
John Lane pr John Brown brings a deed belonging to John Brown of Glou-
cester, fifty acres of upland & Marsh ground lying in .... of Falmouth,
bounded South Easterly by the river, Northerly by land of Richard Martain,
182 James Lane and Descendants.
westerly by Nathaniel Wallis and his son John Wallis as pr deed from Thomas
Blashfield, March, 1681, Acknowledged."
THE WALLIS PARTITION.
"Josiah and James Wallis, John & Dorcas Lane all of Gloster, & Joseph &
Benjamin & Susannah Wallis & Joshua Woodbury who hath bought the right
of Rebecca Wallis now wife of Joseph Foster, all of Beverly, Co. of Essex,
agree to divide our Father John Wallis his Estate of Lands in Falmouth in
Casco Bay :
Three or four acres in Papoduk Point shall be for the equall use & benefit of
us all; also House Island in the same manner.''
Certain lands were divided into 7 lots: "And the 6*1^' Lott to John &
Dorcas Lane & their Heirs forever, bounded on the westerly side with a Rock
& Stones upon it by the Highway butting up to the Land of Joel Mattofen."
Other lands also were divided into 7 lots: "Assigning the 7th lot to John
& Dorcas Lane." Feb. 19, 1723. — York Co. Records,
"John Lane of Boston, cordwainer, for 20 pounds by Jeremiah Green of
Boston, sold him 1-3 of all claim which I the sd John Lane or my heirs ever
had to right of my mother Sarah Lane deed, who was daughter of John White,
of land situate in Kenebeck River within the Co. of York at a place called
Nequasset, which land John White and James Phipps purchased of one Ed-
ward Bateman, upon part of which sd John White lived & dyed, 20 Mar.
1727. Acknowledged, Nov. 30, 1728."
A like deed of the same property was made by John Lane the same day to
Thomas Foster of Boston. Signed, Mar. 20, 1727. Acknowledged, Nov. 30,
1728. — York Co. Records.
DEPOSITIONS.
1st. "The Deposition of John Lane aged about Seventy years, testifieth &
saith That Thomas Reding formerly of Falmouth in Casco Bay deceased,
carried on & was the reputed Owner of a certain Tract of Land lying to the
Westward of a Creek called Redings Creek, as also of a certain Salt Marsh
lying up Cozens his River so called, & lived on said land many years & died
seized thereof more than fifty years past, & was ever since known & called by
the Name of Redings Lsland. Further saith not.
John Lane.
Essex ss. Glouster Aug*. 25, 1727.
Then the within mentioned John Lane personally appeared & made oath to
the Truth of this Evidence.
Before us
John Appleton, J. P.
Epes Sargent, Just Peace.
Quorum.
Sept. 6, 1727."
Fa:mily Two. 183
2d. "Gloucester Oct^. 21, 1730. The Deposition of John Lane aged
Seventy Eight years who testifieth & says that he well remembers That Mr.
John Cussons possessed a Neck of Land in Casco Bay lying between a Creek
called Reddings Creek & Royals River, & that He the sd Cossens had a House
& Barn upon sd Neck of Land for Sixteen or Eighteen years wch he peaceably
enjoyed until he was driven off by the Indians which is above Fifty years ago
that sd Cossens was driven off sd Land.
And he the sd Deponent well remembers that his Father mowed Hay upon
the sd Farm in the Right of the sd Cossens being meadow near the Creek
belonging to sd Farm; and the sd Cossens claimed & enjoyed an Island in the
sd Bay called Cossens Island peaceably all the Time he lived at Casco Bay
which was as was sd before, about Sixteen or Eighteen years. Excepting one
Half of sd Island wch I heard he had sould to one Richard Bray.
John Lane.
Essex, ss. Gloucester, Oct. 21, 1730.
Then John Lane personally appeared & was examined & Sworn to the
Truth of this Evidence. In Perpetuxm Rei Memoriam.
Before John Appleton, J. P.
Danl. Appleton, J. P. Quo"".
A true Copy of ye Orig'. Reed under Seal. Novr. 24, 1730.
Attest Jos MOOUY Regr."
3d. "The Deposition of John Lane aged Seventy 7 or Eight & Nathaniel
Wharf aged near Seventy Years Testifie & Say that Saml York had a Lott of
Land near mussle cove in Casco Bay & had a House & possessed it by virtue
of a Town Grant more than Fifty years ago, sd Lots according to our Recolec-
tion were called Fifty acre Lots.
John Lane.
Nathaniel Wharf e his mark, W.
Glocester, Octb^. 21, 1730."
4th. "The Deposition of John Lane of Gloucester aged about Eighty-two
years, Testifieth and saith That about Seventy-five years since he removed
with his father James Lane from Maulden to a Place since called North Yar-
mouth in Casco Bay and there lived till driven from thence by the Indians in
the first warr; and that he was acquainted with John Couzens and Richard
Bray who were settlers there all the time above mentioned, and well remem-
bers that said Bray and Cousins possessed two certain Islands called Cousins's
Islands, by building Houses, cutting Timber and improveing Land from
the time he first went there above mentioned, till drove from thence by the
Indians in the first war, and that the said Islands at that time were accounted
said Bray and Cousins Islands; one of the said Islands being the greatest
Island lyes about one half mile from the neck of Land on which John Maine
& John Holman formarly lived at the nearest place, and the other Island being
184 Ja!\ies Lane and Descendants.
the lesser Island lyes about fourty or fifty Rodds from the great Island and on
the South East side.
Fifty two or three years since he went to live at Falmouth in Casco Bay and
there lived till he removed from thence in the 2nd Indian War, etc. etc. 2
July 1733."
5th. "The Deposition of John Lane of Gloucester, aged about eighty and
three years, testifieth and saith that he lived at a place since called Northyar-
mouth in Casco Bay, sixteen or eighteen years before the first Indian war, and
was well acquainted with Mr. John Couzens of that Place and well Remeinbers
said John Couzens possessing a certain Neck of land and Marsh lying in a fork
of Couzens River so called and between the East and West Branches thereof,
about a mile up said River, and that he the sd Couzens had a House and Barn
on sd neck of Land. This Deponent doth testify that his father did Mow
Grass in sd marsh in Right of sd Couzens, and the sd Couzens lived in Quiet
possession of the above neck of Land and marsh for sixteen or eighteen years
untill he was Driven off by the Indians which is now nfar sixty years agoe,
30 April 1734." — York Co. Records.
The First Church in Gloucester was gathered by Rev. Richard
Blynnman in 1642. The Second Parish was incorporated at West
Gloucester, June 12, 17 16. The Third Parish was incorporated
at Annisquam Harbor in 1728. The Fourth Parish was incorpor-
ated-in 1742. The Fifth or Sandy Bay Parish, now Rockport,
was incorporated in 1754, and the First Church was organized
Feb. 13, 1755.
John Lane was connected with the First Church at Gloucester
before 1703, and was also an original member of the Third Church,
Annisquam, at its organization in 1728. He died 24 Jan., 1737-8,
36. 86 years. Dorcas (Wallis) Lane was admitted to the church
Jan. 14, 1730, and died 2 Feb., 1754, in her 93d year. Their
remains rest in the Lanesville burying ground.
Administration on the estate of John Lane was granted to his eldest son,
Dea. James Lane of Gloucester, Mar. 29, 1738. The estate was appraised
Apr. 7, 1738; inventory returned Apr. 11, 1738, amount £()'J?>. 8. 2, debts
;^I43. 12. 2. Mention was made of dwelling house and barn, thirty acres of
homestead, beside orchard-pasture-herbage-swamp-and wood-lands, "one-
fourth part of an acre of Land for a burying place Forever, ye brook as
a common priviledge of a Watring place for Cattle to all ye heirs of ye sd
Jno. Lane Deed.," Flake yard, cattle, bills of credit, copper-and silver-
money, iron-brass-and glass-ware, sword and cutlass. The committee to
S€t off dower and to apportion the estate made report, Feb. 22, 1738-9. The
Family Two. 185
division was ordered, Apr. 9, 1739: dower to Dorcas Lane, "Widow and
Relict of John Lane," and shares to James Lane, to the representatives of
John Lane dec'd, to Josiah Lane, to Joseph Lane, to Benjamin Lane, to Job
Lane, to William Tucker in right of his wife Dorcas, to the representatives of
Sarah Lane alias Riggs, to Caleb Woodbury in right of his wife, to Joseph
Thurston in right of his wife Mary. The several heirs gave receipts to the
administrator for their respective shares, 1 739-1 743-
Copy: "Recvd this ii^h of May 1741 of Dea" James Lane ad mr. to ye
Estate of John Lane Late of Gloucester Deed, the sum of two hundred seventy
Eight Pounds five Shillings and five pence in full for my Third in the Personal
Estate Left at the Decease of my Husband the sd John Lane as Settled p"" the
Honbl Judge of Probate for ye County of Essex,
Rec^d p*^ me
her
Dorcas D Lane.
mark
Testes. Benja Brad^reet."
Children : Five born at Cape Elizabeth, and six at Gloucester ;
nine were baptized at the First church in Gloucester before 1703,
by Rev. John White.
5. I. James-^ b. 1682, m. Ruth Riggs and Jl'dith Woodbury.
6. II. JoHN^, b. 1688, m. Mary Riggs.
III. JosiAH^, m. 15 Jan., 1713, by Rev. John White, Rachel
York. Her father Samuel York had come to Gloucester from Fal-
mouth on the second destruction of that town by the Indians.
Josiah Lane was one of three Gloucester fishermen captured by
the Indians in the harbor of Owl's Head, Cape Sable, June 2, 17 13.
Deposition: "Then James Davis and Josiah Lane went to set said Indian
on shore and to bring off the Englishman [John Sadler], and as soon as they
came to the shore, the Indian went out of the canoe; and, as the said Josiah
Lane tells me, they went to set the canoe off, but the Indians laid hold of the
painter to stop them, and the other two Indians came and laid hold of the
painter also, and they hauled the canoe upon shore. With that two of the
Englishmen, as namely, James Davis and Josiah Lane, skipt out of the canoe
into the water to swim on board. But one of the Indians came into the water
and caught said James Davis immediately and brought him on shore; and the
other two Indians went wdth the canoe after Josiah Lane, and when they
came up with him one of the Indians took his hatchet and seemed as if he was
going to strike at him but did not, but took hold of him and hauled him on
shore; and when they came on shore there were several more Indians that
186 James Lane and Descendants.
were come out of the bushes with their guns, and when they had got the said
three Englishmen together they set them down, as said Josiah Lane informed
me, and said they would carry them to Port Royal." — Richard Yorke, June
22, 1713.
Josiah Lane bought land of Edward Harraden, July 20, 17 16,
and seven other purchases appear to be by him from 1729 to 1738.
He and wife Rachel were admitted to the church at Annisquam
Mar. 8, 1728. He d. 23 Nov., 1747. se. 58 yrs. His widow d. 3
Oct., 1774, 36. 84 yrs., "falling from her chair, she was taken up
dead." No children.
The will of Josiah Lane of Gloucester, shoemaker, dated Dec. 3, 1746, and
presented for probate Feb. 2, 1747-8, bequeathed property to his wife Rachel
Lane and to his nephew, "beloved friend and kinsman," Ambrose Finson,
"to be Equally Divided by and Between them. Whither It be In Vessels,
household goods, money, stock, Negroes or anything whatsoever." The in-
ventory taken June 23, 1748, and returned June 27, 1748, included dwelling
house, barn, land, flats in Lobster cove, one third of fish-house and wharf in
Flatstone cove, one fourth part schooner Endeavor, fishing boat with a canoe,
husbandry and carpenter's tools, a Negro man, ^^70, a Negro woman, £^^1 a
pew in the meeting house with two chairs, clock, iron- brass- pewter- tin- ear-
then and glass-ware, books, small arms and cutlass, silver and paper-money in
the house.
Administration on the estate of Rachel Lane was granted to Ambrose Fin-
son 8 Nov., 1774.
IV. Dorcas-'^, pub. 13 Dec, 171 2, and m. 8 Jan., 17 13, William
Tucker; he b. ii May, 1690, son of John and Sarah (Riggs)
Tucker, Gloucester. Granted in June, 1707, *'to Sarah Tucker the
wife of John Tucker and for her heirs lawfully borne of her owne
body, about ten acres of ground above the head of Goose Cove."
William and Dorcas Tucker receipted in full to Dea. James Lane,
for their interest in the personal and the real estate of her father,
John Lane, 21 Jan., 1740, and 7 ^L1y, 1742. Children:
Dorcas, d. in infancy.
Abigail, d.
Abigail.
William, b. 22 May, I 721, m. 18 Oct., 1742, Patience Riggs.
John, b. 30 Jan., 1725, m. Nov., 1746, Mary Davis.
V. Sarah^, m. 17 Dec, 17 13, Thomas Riggs^, b. 16 Jan., 1690,
son of Thomas- and Ann (Wheeler), Thomas^ and Mary (Millet).
Family Two. 187
She d. i8 Nov., 17 15, and he m. again Sarah Hunt of Ipswich,
and d. before 1740. His children were :
I. Sarah. 2. Hannah. 3. Thomas^ d. in infancy. 4. James.
The representatives of Sarah (Lane) Riggs were apportioned an
interest in the real estate of their grandfather, John Lane, 22 Feb.,
1738-9, and gave receipt for the same to Dea. James Lane by
Daniel Griffin, their guardian, 3 Sept., 1739.
VL Hp:phzibah'', b. Gloucester, 20 July, 1694, m. 27 Nov.,
1 7 18, Caleb Woodbury, son of William, and d. 12 Feb., 1732.
They resided near his father at Ciallop's P^olly, (iloucester. He, as
guardian to the children, receipted for their interest in the real and
the personal estate of their grandfather, John Lane, 7 Nov., 1739,
and 6 May, 1740. She d. 12 Feb., 1732. He m. second, 14
Sept., 1732, .Ablal Morgan; m. third, 14 Aug., 1738, Anna
Thomas. Children of Caleb and Hephzibah (Lane) U'oodbury :
1. irHiiam, b. 19 ?eb., 1 72 1.
2. Hannah, b. 24 Feb., I 723.
3. Rebecca, b. 18 .Sept., 1726, d. 2 Sept., I 743, a-. 17 yrs.
4. Caleb, b. 20 Mar., 1728, m. 22 Nov., 1748, Lois Merchant.
5. Jntire7c, b. 20 Mar., I 730.
6. Peter, twin, b. 20 Mar., 1730.
7. A'ache/,h. 13 Jan., 1732.
\TL ^LARY^, b. 8 Aug., 1696, pub. 7 Nov., 1716, m. first, by
Rev. John White, 6 Dec, 17 16, Thomas Finson, who was killed by
the Indians at Fox Island, June 24, 1724. Administration on his
estate was granted to Mary Finson, who returned inventory 1 2
Oct., 1724. Dea. James Lane purchased the Finson dwelling
house and land, and was appointed guardian to children Mary and
Thomas Finson. Josiah Lane was appointed guardian to son
Ambrose Finson, a minor upwards of fourteen, 25 .Apr., 1737.
Mary (Lane) Finson m. second, 9 Mar., 1725, Joseph Thurston,
and gave receipt to James Lane for her interest in the estate of her
father, John Lane, Sept. i, 1740. Mary and Thomas Finson, as
they became of age, Nov. 29, 1736, and Sept. 11, 1741, gave
receipt to James Lane for their share in the estate of their father,
Thomas Finson. The Finson children receipted to James Lane,
administrator, for their interest in the estate of their grandfather,
John Lane — Ambrose Finson, by his guardian, Josiah Lane, Oct.
188 James Lane and Descendants.
15) 1737 ') Mary Finson, now Davis, Mar. 23, 1742-3, and Thomas
Finson Mar. 23, 1742-3. Mary (Lane-Finson) Thurston d. in
1792, 36. 96 yrs. Children of Thomas and Mary (Lane) Finson:
1. Mary, b. 23 July, 1718, m. before 23 Mar., 1742-3, Mr. Davis.
2. Thomas, b. 16 July, 1720, had wife Sarah Thurston, lived at Sandy
Bay in 1754, and was drowned at Plum Cove 13 May, 1762.
3. Ambrose, bap. 7 Apr., 1723, d. I Feb., 1806, ae. "upward of eighty."
4. Elizabeth, b. i Feb., 1725.
Mary (Lane) Finson m. second, by Rev. John White, 9 Mar.,
1725, Joseph Thurston^, (Joseph'^, Daniel^), res. Pigeon Cove and
Sandy Bay, where he d. 29 May, 1780. Children :
5. Sarah, b. 2 Dec, 1726, m. Thomas Finson and d. 1795.
6. Joseph, b. 15 Feb., 1729, m. Agnes Davis^ lived in Rockport and had
nine children.
7. Elizabeth, b. 8 Nov., 1 731, m. Henry Clark.
8. Daniel, b. 16 Feb., 1735, m. Anna Tarr and Bethia Adams and had
seven children.
9. John, b. 30 June, 1737, rn, Eunice Stockbridge and had nine children.
10. Dorcas, b. 22 Jan., 1740, m. Thomas Roberts and d. 28 Apr., 1825.
11. William, b. 27 Nov., 1 742, m. Martha Pool, and was lost at sea in
1779. Six children.
12. Polly, m. [Villiam Cook.
13. Anna, m. William Lo7ue, lived in Rockport and had seven children.
14. Esther, b. Dec, 1764, m. Xathanicl Tarr of Rockport, and d. 24
May, 1829. Seven children.
7. VUL Joseph^, b. 15 Oct., 1698, m. Deborah Harraden.
8. LX. Benjamin^, b. 25 July, 1700, m. Elizabeth Griffin.
X. Deborah^, b. 19 Feb. and bap. 9 May, 1703, by Rev. John
White; d. 9 May, 1729, in her 27th year.
9. XL JoB^ b. 8 Feb. and bap. 22 July, 1705, by Rev. John
White ; m. Mary Ashbv.
3.
SAMUET> LANE- (James'), 1660-1724. A garrison was built
at Royall's river. North Yarmouth, Me., in 1685, for the accom-
modation and defense of Samuel Lane, son of James Lane, and his
neighbors. In the "second Indian war," with molestation at their
house July 26, 1688, and attack on Lane's Island Sept. 13, 1688,
the Lane family was driven away and soon joined their friends at
Gloucester, Mass.
Family Three. 189
Case: "Falmouth, Province of Maine, July 27, 1688, against John Riall of
North Yarmouth. Upon grate causes of Suspicion that he have and doe pre-
sume to trade with the Indians, a warrent was Ishued ought for the sd Jno Riall
to appear before Liff* ConeU Tyng, one of the Council, to Answer on his Oath
in that Case; & also for Refusing to assist the Constable in the securing of an
Indian called Joseph that had made an attack of and abuse unto Henry & Sam
Lane.
John Rial was committed to the Constable of North Yarmouth to be trans-
ported to Boston to appear before his Excellency the Governour. Edward
Tyng one of the Council."
Testimony: Falmouth, Province of Maine, July 28, 1688. "Samuel &
Henry Lane testifieth to being within their house at North Yarmouth upon the
26th of July. Towards night there came an Indian man and a Squaw desired
that they might sleepe there that night which was granted. The next morning
the two Indians went to the water-side and called to some more who had layn
on an island and five other Indians came to Lane's house and asked for fire,
which being given them they made a small fire near the house. The Lanes
fearing the (ire might doe damage took the fire away from the Indians and car-
ried it to the water-side and told the Indians to make a fire there and not
endanger their house. Then the Indian Joseph fell upon Sam Lane and the
said Sam Lane endeavored to defend himself. The Indian Joseph threatened
to kill the Lanes' hoggs and did Runne after the hogs with a hatchet. After
the Lanes drove off the Indians they immediately complained of them to the
Constable." — i'ork Counfy Records.
James Sullivan gives the following account of the Indian attack
Sept. 13, 1688 :
"That night the Indians went on to an island called 'Lanes Island' where
they butchered the unfortunate victims who fell into their hands in the morn-
ing, together with another captive whom they had previously taken farther
east, in a most savage and cruel manner. Their bodies were found by some of
the garrison and buried on the main. Soon after this the garrison removed to
Jewel's Island, one of the most distant from the main land in Casco Bay, and
built a fort there to secure themselves till they could return to Massachusetts.
Not long after the building of the fort, it was attacked by a large party of
Indians from the main; but was resolutely defended until many of the Indians
being killed, the others thought proper to leave the island. A vessel soon
after took the inhabitants off the island and conveyed them to Boston, in which
and its neighborhood they disposed themselves. And thus the settlement of
North Yarmouth was entirely broken up at this time." — Hist, Dist. 0/ Maine,
^95-
Samuel Lane was a blacksmith by trade. He was of Salem, Mass., June 6,
1696, when he paid 25 pounds to Samuel Sibley of Salem, cooper, his wife
Mar)' consenting, for "dwelling house, barns and orchards with four acres of
190 James Lane and Descendants.
land," the deed witnessed June 25, 1696. He soon fixed his residence near
his brother, John Lane, at Flatstone Cove, Gloucester, Mass. He received a
grant of land from Gloucester in 1708; bought lands in Gloucester of Nathan-
iel Sargent Mar. 2, 1714, and of Timothy Somers Mar. 2, 1 714; sold land to
Samuel Lane, Jr., Jan. 19, 1724.
The church in Annisquam Parish, Gloucester, Mass., being gathered and
incorporated by Rev. John White, chose Benjamin Bradstreet pastor, who,
with ten other persons, publicly owned the covenant in 1728. Three of these
eleven original members were the three Lane brothers, Samuel, John and
James.
Samuel Lane died at Lanesville, Mass., 30 Dec, 1724, ae. above
sixty years. He had wife ABIGAIL , who was admitted
to the church at Annisquam Jan. 28, 1730.
Children :
I. Daughter^, died at Salem Village, 10 Feb., 1692. "Samuel
Lanes daughter eighteen days old." — Record of Rev. Samuel
Parris.
10. II. Samuel^, m. Mary Emmons.
III. Rachel^, b. 15 Nov., 1708, bap. 29 May, 1709, by Rev.
John White, First Church, Gloucester, and d. 25 Jan., 1719, ?e.
about 10 yrs.
4.
JOB LAXE- (James^), 1667-1744, a mason by trade ; driven
from Maine by the Indians, he settled with kindred at Billerica,
Mass., about 1700, was founder of the second Lane family in Bed-
ford, Mass., and known in the records of his generation as Job
Lane, Sr.
He liought of Caleb Farley, Jr., Apr. 6, 1700, a house and fifty acres of land
south of the Winthrop Purchase, and other lands of Fitz-John Winthrop July
31, 1703. He was allowed by the town of Billerica two lots of 93 and 40
acres in 1708. In March, 1727, he exchanged his house and 50 acres of land
with Christopher Page for a house and 150 acres near Shawshine river, and
removed to the east part of Bedford, where he was innkeeper to his death.
Other purchases of real estate were made by him Oct. 21, 1737, and Jan. 28,
1740.
Family Four. 191
He sold lands to T. Waite Feb. 13, 1705, to C. Farley Apr. 11, 1706, to J.
Mudge Jan. 28, 1707, to F. Wyman July 15, 1 719.
Copy, deed, July /j, 17 iQ. "Job Lane and Mary his wife of Billerica,
Mass., convey to Francis Wyman of Woburn, Mass., all right and title to lands
which formerly belonged to my father James Laine deceased, lying in Casco
Bay, containing a neck of land lying between Cousins his River and Har-
riseekett; also an island lying over against sd Island called Long Island, one
seventh of the above described land being what he intends to convey." — York
Co. Records.
The eldest son of a person who died intestate received two shares in the
estate. Job Lane receiving "one seventh" proves that his father James Lane
had six children.
Other sales of lands were made by Job Lane to S. Brown Dec. 12, 1720, to
J. Blood Aug. 8, 1727, to J. Marshall Nov. 13, 1732, to W. French, Jr., Apr.
2, 1735, to J. Paige Feb. 7, 1737, to T. Waite Mar. 28, 1737, to Z. Whiting
Mar. 31, 1740, to J. Lane, 3d, Apr. 16, 1742; his estate to J. Mudge, Nov.
17. 1743-
Job Lane was a soldier in Major John Lane's Indian scout, 1706.
He was credited Jan. 20, 1730, with gift of money to incourage-
ment for the town of Bedfortl in the year 1729. He died 19 Sept.,
1744, ?e. 77 yrs. His wife was MARY FASSE1T-, dau. of Patrick'
and Sarah Fassett of Maiden and Billerica, Mass. She was b. 31
Mar., 1683, and d. 7 Sept., 1746, «. 65 yrs.
A highway was laid out in 1694, "from Patrick' Fassett's house leading up
to Concord Road and from there to Mr. Lane's." John Fassett^, son of
Patrick', m. 31 Mar., 1697, Mary Hill of Billerica. He was chosen treasurer
at Bedford's first town meeting Sept. 26, 1729, and d. 30 Jan., 1736. Samuel
Fassett-, another son of Patrick', was the first town treasurer of Westford,
Mass.
Children of Job and Mary (Fassett) Lane :
I. Mary^, b. 18 Feb., 1706-7, perhaps' m. 10 Feb., 1728, Wil-
liam Ingalls of Marblehead, Mass.
II. n. Joseph^, b. 11 Jan., 1708-9, m. Thankful Amsden.
HL Susanna-^ b. 2 Mar., 1710-11.
IV. Sar,\h3, ni, 28 Dec, 1732, James Miller of Charlestown,
Mass.
12. V. Job, 3d^, twin, b. 29 Jan., 17 13-14, m. Sarah .
VL Elizabeth-^, twin, b. 29 Jan., 17 13-14.
192 James Lane and Descendants.
VII. Samuel^, b. 7 Apr., 17 16, d. 25 Nov., 1736, ae. 20 yrs.
VIII. Silence^, b. 2 Apr., 17 19.
IX. Elizabeth^, b. 17 Mar., 1722-3, m. 5 Mar., 1747, his sec-
ond wife, Michael Bacon^; he b. Billerica, Mass., 17 13, son of
Nathaniel'' and Judith (Wyman) Bacon (MichaeP-^-"^). Nine
children :
1. Elizabeth y b. 19 Nov., 1747.
2. Sarah^ b. 17 Feb., 1749-50.
3. David, b. 2 June, 1752, was killed June 15, 1810, by Lt. William Mer-
riam, Esq., whom he was guarding when insane.
4. Nathan, b. 24 Mar., 1754.
5. Solomon, b. 8 Mar., 1756, his rough farm on Pine Hill road, Bedford,
Mass.
6. Molly, b. 6 Jan., 1758.
7. Susanna, b. 27 Mar., 1760.
8. Martha, b. 27 June, 1762.
9. Susanna, b. 8 Feb., 1765.
5.
Dea. JAMES LANE^ (John^, Jamesi), 1682-1751, b. Casco
Bay 1682 ; m. first, by Rev. John White, 25 Oct., 17 10, RUTH^,
eldest child of John^ and Ruth (Wheeler) RIGGS. (Thomas
Riggs', educated in England as a scrivener, first appears in Glou-
cester, Mass., as grantee of land at Goose Cove in 1658, officiated
as school master ; town clerk 1665 to 17 16, 51 years; selectman
upwards of 20 years, and representative in 1700). Mrs. Lane was
b. (iloucester, 4 Nov., 1690, and d. 18 Aug., 1711, ae. 20 yrs.
Dea. Lane m. second, ent. int. 16 Apr., 17 15, JUDITH, widow of
William WOODBURY, who was admitted to the church Nov. 13,
1739, and d. his widow, 29 Aug., 1770, as. 85 yrs. He resided at
Lanesville, Gloucester, Mass., where he was a man of marked char-
acter and influence.
James Lane, Nov. 9, 1706, bought of John Wainwright of Ipswich, mer-
chant, and ElizaVjeth his wife, for thirty pounds, a certain messuage or tene-
ment and eighteen acres of upland, in presence of John Lane and John Wain-
wright, Jr., before Francis Wainwright, justice, Nov. 13, 1706.
Annisquam river and harbor are drawn on William Wood's map of Mass. in
1633, and spelled Wonasquam. This is the spelling in Winthrop's Journal,
Family Five. 193
1635, and in Josselyn's Account, 1638. "Mr. Endecott was willed to send
three men to view Cape Ann, whether it may be cut through and how they
find it." — Gen. Coio't Records, i6j8.
The neck was cut through in 1643 by the enterprise of Rev. Richard Blyn-
man, the first minister of Gloucester. James Lane was among the seventeen
owners of vessels who in 1710 paid the annual charge for using the ship-
channel connecting Ipswich and Mass. Bays. He made thirty-six purchases of
land from 1716 to 1746.
James, John and Samuel Lane were among the 40 petitioners in 1726 for the
Third or Annisquam Parish, which was incorporated June 1 1, 1728. Rev. Ben-
jamin Bradstreet was ordained pastor of the church at Annisquam Sept. 19,
1728. Samuel Lane, John Lane and James Lane signed the original covenant.
James Lane was chosen deacon of the church at its organization ;
selectman of Gloucester 1726, 1727, 1730 to 1735, inclusive.
Died, intestate, 20 Apr., 1751, ae. 69 yrs.
Administration on his estate was granted to his sons, William Lane and
Josiah Lane, May 27, 1751; inventory taken Oct. 10, 1751, was returned
Nov. 4, 1751; real estate was appraised £i2Ji^T,, 3, 8, personal estate ^^323,
6, I. Committee appointed Nov. 4, 1 75 1, set off dower Nov. 22, 1751, and
made return P'eb, 24, 1752. The same day the account of the joint adminis-
tration of William Lane and Josiah Lane was exhibited and approved. The
estate included five dwelling houses and buildings attached, parsonage land,
flake yard, a fourth part of a schooner at sea, two and one-half pews in the
meeting house, two Bibles and a number of other books, "a Negro man £2^,
7, 8, a Negro woman ^^30, 13, 4." After the death of the widow a commit-
tee was appointed Jan. 30, 1771, to divide the estate among the heirs, "if it
can be done without prejudice to the estate." The division, made Feb. 20,
1 771, was returned to Judge of Probate July 30, 1771.
Administration on the estate of widow Judith Lane was granted to Thomas
Burnham Oct. 29, 1770; inventory was taken Nov. 24, 1770, and returned
Jan. 28, 1771; account of administration was presented May 8, 1776.
Children :
L James*^, b. 8 Aug., 171 1, bap. 13 Apr., 171 2, by Rev. John
White, d. 14 May, 1729, in his i8th year.
By second marriage :
13. II. William^, b. 24 June, bap. 24 Aug., 17 16, m. Lvdia
Griffin and Deborah (Lane) L.angsford.
III. RuTH"*, b. 27 Dec, 17 18, bap. 15 Feb., 1719, m. 6 Apr.,
194 James Lane and Descendants.
1738, Paul ]\Iorgan and was admitted to the church Nov. 13,
1739. Their children :
I. Ruth, b. 1739. 2. Mary, b. 1741. 3. Judith, b. 1743. 4. Paiil^
b. 1745, m. Anna Broivn. 5. Henry, b. 1 749. 6. John, b. 1 752. 7.
Joanna, b. I 755. 8. \Villia?n, b. 1 761.
14. IV. JosiAH"*, b. 29 Mar., bap. 16 Apr., 1721, m. Abigail
Norwood.
V. Marv*, b. 25 June, bap. 28 July, 1723, m. Thomas Burn-
ham, and was admitted to the church Dec. 13, 1741.
VI. John-*, b. 8, bap. 29 Aug., 1725, d. before 1751.
VII. James^, b. 9 Oct., 1729, was master of a fishing schooner
and lost on a voyage to the Grand Banks in 1753, ae. 24 yrs. His
brother, William Lane, was appointed adm. of his estate Nov. 25,
1754 ; inventory taken Mar..3i, 1755, and returned Feb. 23, 1756,
total ^326, II, 10, including "one third part of a pew in Squam
meeting house" and ''one old Negro man ^£20."
6.
JOHN LANE-^ (John-, James^), m. i Jan., 1713, by Rev. John
White, MARY RIGGS ; she b. 30 June, 1696, sister of his brother
James' first wife. His vessel was taken and he killed by the In-
dians at Fox Harbor, near Penobscot, Me., 24 June, 1724. His
age was 36 years. Perhaps his widow m. second, 3 Nov., 1726, by
Richard Jaques, Samuel Jones of Exeter, N. H.
The care of five children and administration on the estate of John Lane, Jr.,
was committed to his widow, Mary Lane, Sept. 28, 1724. The estate was
appraised Oct. 6, 1724, and inventory returned Oct. 12, 1724; amount, £'i^y),
II, II. It comprised a servant boy, £,\o, and "one halfe of two vessells, one
a Coaster ye other a fishing vessel, £^S-'^ Account of administration was pre-
sented Feb. 16, 1724-5, and division of estate made to Mary Lane, widow, to
David Lane, only son, a double portion, to daughters Mary Lane, Sarah Lane,
Dorcas Lane and Comfort Lane. The mother was appointed guardian to the
children, all minors under fourteen years of age, Feb. 16, 1725. John Riggs
was appointed their guardian Oct. 14, 1727. Dea. James Lane was appointed
FAMiLy Six. 195
guardian to the son David Lane Apr. 25, 1737. The daughters Mary and
Sarah had married, and the daughter Comfort had died, Aug. 2, 1737, when
John Riggs returned an account of his guardianship, and the estate was
equally divided among the four surviving children, Mary Lane alias Roberts,
Sarah Lane alias Day, Dorcas Lane and David Lane.
Children :
L Mary**, b. 13 Mar., 17 14, bap. 20 June, 1714, by Rev. John
White; m. 13 Nov., 1735, ^V Richard Jaqiies, John Roberts, Jr.;
he b. 20 Apr., 17 14. She gave receipts in full to Dea. James
Lane, administrator, for her portion of the real and personal estate
of her grandfather, John Lane, June 7, 1739, and Aug. 5, 1740.
Their children :
I. David^ b. 8, d. 9 Aug., 1736. 2. Comfort, b. 8 Aug., 1737, d. same
day. 3. Sarah. 4. Eliphalet. 5. Levi. 6. Hannah. 7. John. 8.
Sarah again.
II. Patience'*, b. 12 July, 17 15, d. the same day.
III. Sarah-*, b. 18, bap. 24 June, 1716, m. 29 Apr., 1735, by
Richard Jaques, Eliphalet Day, and gave receipt to Dea. James
Lane for portion of her grandfather's personal estate Aug. 5, 1740.
In digging the cellar for the Daniel Day house at Flatstone Cove,
Lanesville, about 1870, square bricks from the old house of John
Lane-, Senior, were discovered.
IV. Ruth'*, b. 7, bap. 21 Apr., 17 18, d. 6 May, 17 18.
V. Dorcas-*, b. 4, bap. 14 June, 17 19, m. 16 Nov., 1738,
Thomas Wharf : he b. 21 Mar., 171 7, son of Nathaniel Wharf, Jr.,
a Grand Bank skipper, lost with all his crew on a voyage to the
Banks in 1753. She gave receipts for her portion in the real and
personal estate of her grandfather, John Lane, to Dea. James Lane,
administrator, Apr. 11, 1739, and June 9, 1740. Their children :
I. Dorcas. 2. Sarah. 3. Job. 4. John. 5. Nathaniel. 6.
Thomas^ b. 3 Aug., 1747. 7. David, b. 2 Feb., 1752. 8. Eliphalet Day.
VL John-*, b. 21, bap. 26 Mar., 1721, d. 6 Apr., 1721.
15, Vn. David"*, b. 27 May, bap. June, 1722, m. Abigail
Lane"*, (SamueP--, James').
Vni. Comfort"*, b. t8 Aug., 1724, d. before 2 Aug., 1737.
196 James Lane and Descendants.
7.
JOSEPH LANE3 (John^, Jamesi), 1698-1743, was b. 15 Oct.,
1698; m. I Jan., 1721, by Rev. John White, DEBORAH HARA-
DEN, dau. of Benjamin and Deborah (Norwood) Haraden, and
granddaii. of Edward and Sarah Haraden.
Members of the Lane family had taken up their residence at Planter's Neck,
between Lobster Cove and Annisquam river, before the end of the 17th cen-
tury. This property had come into the possession of Edward Haraden, who
appears to have been the first settler at Squam Point about 1656. Joseph Lane
moved from Lane's Cove or Bay View to the Haraden grant. He bought land
of Deborah Haraden, administratrix, Mar. 17, 1725, and of John Lane, Jan. 7,
1737. He gave Dea. James Lane, administrator, receipts for real and personal
estate of his father, John Lane, Apr. 11, 1739, and May 6, 1740. About 40
of the neighbors petitioned to be incorporated as the Third Parish in 1726.
Joseph Lane and wife joined the church in Annisquam Sept. 26,
1 731. He d. 24 Apr., 1743, in his 45th year.
Children :
L Deborah"*, b. 17 Dec, 1721, d. 17 May, 1722, ae. about
5 ms.
n. Deborah^, b. 24 Apr., 1724, m. first, 9 Jan., 1744, John
Langsford ; he b. 1722, son of Richard and Mary (Rowe) Langs-
ford, and was shot by Indians in ambush while walking on shore at
Owl's Head, Me. She m. second, 1756, her cousin, Wh.liam Lane"*
(James-^, John-, James^), and m. third, Mr. Webster.
HL Joseph^, b. 3, bap. 9 May, 1725, d. 9 Mar., 1726, ne. about
10 ms.
16. IV. Joseph"*, b. 20 Aug., 1726, m. Joanna Haraden.
17. ^^ Caleb'*, b. 16 Nov., 1729, m. Lydia Riggs.
18. \1. Solomon"*, b. 29, bap. 31 Oct., 1731, m. Abigail Gott
and Judith Knowltox.
VII. Esther"*, bap. 9 Dec, 1732.
VIII. Amey or Amv^, bap. 25 Jan., 1735-6. She m. Mr. Ket-
cham, and according to reliable tradition lived to be one hundred
years old. Among descendants living in 1899 is the Rev. WilHam
E. Ketcham, D. D., of Vonkers, N. V., editor of T/n: Preachcr''s
Magazine^ etc., etc.
Family Eight. 11)7
19. IX. Gideon'*, bap. 19 Mar., 1737-8, m. Mary Babson.
X. John"*, b. 8 July, 1739, perhaps killed in an engagement with
a British ship of twenty guns, May 29, 1778, and mentioned as the
first victim of the Revolutionary war from Annisquam. '
XI. AxN^, b. 7. Jan., bap. 8 Feb., 1 740-1, m. George Denni-
SON, and lived in Freeport, Me.
8.
BENJAMIN LANE'' (John-, James'), i 700-1 773, b. in Lanes-
ville, Gloucester, Mass., 25 July, 1700, m. 6 Jan., 1725-6, by Rev.
John White, ELIZABF:TH GRIFFIN, a descendant of Samuel
and EHzabeth (York) Griffin. They resided in Gloucester where
he bought land of .Abraham Robinson, Jr., Nov. 15, 1727, and
other lands in 1737 and 1738. He gave receipts for his portion
of the real and personal estate of his father, John Lane, to Dea.
James Lane, adm., April 11, 1739, and May 6, 1740. He d. 12
Mar., 1773, re. 72 years. His widow Elizabeth Lane d. of asthma,
II Sept., 1779, cT. 70 years.
Children :
I. Thomas"', b. 5 Sept., 1726, d. 10 Sept., 1726.
20. 11. Benjamin"*, b. 27, Nov., 1727, m. Hannah Lane.
111. Elizabeth'*, b. 3 Jan., 1730.
21. IV. Jonathan"*, b. 2, bap. 10 Oct., 1731, had wives Lydia
Robinson, Esther Staniford and Elizabeth Whalen.
A\ John"*, b. 15, bap. 20 .Oct., 1733, entered intention of m. 12
Aug., 1756, with Rachel Sargent, and resided in Gloucester.
VL LvDiA^, b. 24 Feb., bap. 19 Mar., 1735-6.
22. VII. Hezekiah^, b. 31 Mar., bap. 2 Apr., 1738, had wife
Hannah Go it.
Vni. David^, bap. 1 740.
IX. Daniel^, bap. 3 June, 1740, had wife Hannah , and
children :
1. Mary'", bap. 24 Oct., I 762.
2. Judith^, bap. 22 Sept., or 13 Oct., 1765.
198 James Lane and Descendants.
X. Dorcas^ bap. i6 Oct., 1743-
23. XI. Joseph'', bap. 8 Sept., 1745, m. Rachel Rowe and
Sarah Davis.
XII. Joshua"*, twin, bap. 8 Sept., 1745.
XIII. Lois^ bap. 13 Dec, 1747, m. 5 Nov., 1767, Ebenezer
Annis^; he b. Gloucester, 18 Feb., 1747, (Isaac^ and Experience
Haraden, Isaac^ and Rebecca , Charles^ and Sarah Chase, of
Newbury, Mass.) Children born in Gloucester :
Lois, bap. 2 Apr., 1769.
Mark, bap. 26 Nov., 1769, d. young.
Esther, bap. 13 June, 1773, m. Oct., 1791, Richard Grover Pew.
Lydia, bap. 29 Mar., 1777.
Ebetiezer, b. 24 Apr., 1779.
Mark, b. 7 Oct., 1780.
XIV. Nathaniel'', b. 10, bap. 23 Sept., 1750.
XV. Rebecca"*, bap. 22 Dec, 1751.
XVI. Peter-*, b. i8 Apr., 1754? d. 30 Oct., 1772, ?e. 19 years.
9.
JOB LANE^ (John-, James*), was b. in Annisquam, Gloucester,
Mass., 8 Feb., 1705, bap. 22 July, 1705, by Rev. John White;
entered intention of m. with MARY ASHBY of Beverly, Mass.,
20 Oct., and m. 26 Nov., 1734, by Rev. Benjamin Bradstreet.
She was baptized and joined the church at Annisquam, May 10, 1 741. He
bought land in Gloucester of John Lane, Jan. 7, 1737; signed an indenture
June, 1738; gave receipt for portion of the personal estate of his father, John
Lane, to Dea. James Lane, administrator. May 6, 1740; sold to James Lane,
flake-yard and a dwelling he had bought of Stephen Butler, before 1751.
The fifth or Sandy Bay parish, now Rockport, Mass., was incorporated Jan.
I, 1754, and the new church organized Feb. 13, 1755. Job Lane was among
the about 40 tax-payers at Sandy Bay in 1754. He bought lands of John
Pool, June 18, 1766, and of Nathaniel Allen, et als., Oct. 10, 1766.
Fifth Parish Gloucester. "I say Reced per me Ebnr Cleaveland orders and
abaitments in the year 1771. Job Lane.
head abated o — 11 — o."
He d. in Rockport. Mary Lane his widow d. in 1795, very
aged of course.
Family Ten. 199
Children born and baptized at Annisquam :
I. Sarah^, b. lo, bap. 14 Sept., 1735, probably entered inten-
tion of m. 25 May, 1758, with Lemuel Merchant-, (Jabez').
"1761, Oct. 30. Visited Lemuel Merchant, in a consumption." —
Rev. SafHucl Chandle)' s Diary. Children :
1. Sarah, bap. 13 May, 1759.
2. Leviuel, bap. 3 May, 1761.
IL Jonathan^, bap. 19 Dec, 1736.
IIL ]ov^, bap. 18 June, 1738, m. 26 Feb., 1782, Joiiena Mor-
gan.
IV. Martha'^, bap. 24 Feb., 1739-40.
24. V. Ehenezer'*, bap. 4 July, 1742, m. ALa.ry Preston and
Eunice Dodd.
VL Deborah-*, bap. 8 Jan., 1743-4, m. 28 Nov., 1767, James
Parsons; he b. 25 Oct., 1746, son of James and Abigail (Tarr)
Parsons of Sandy Bay, now Rockport, Mass. Their son :
I. IVilliatn, h. 27 ^L'^r., 1780, m. 7 Sept., 1S03, Mar/ha Pool, and d.
Nov., 1823, leaving an only son William, b. Gloucester, 30 Aug., 1804, d.
Newton, Mass., I July, 1885, cX.-. 80 yrs., 10 nis.
25. ^TL Andrew*, bap. 6 Feb., 1745-6, m. AL\ry Tarr and
Sarah Story.
VIIL Edmund"*, bap. 19 Jime, 1748.
IX. Marv"*, bap. 15 Sept., 175 i, m. 5 Dec, 1773, Joseph Dres-
ser, a native of Gloucester, who settled previously to 1782, in
Danville, Me. Four children :
1. Maiy, m. William Moody, 2d.
2, Martha, m. Joseph Davis, and had Dr. Joseph D. Davis, of Auburn,
Me.
10.
SAML^EL LANE^ (Samuel'^, James^), was pub. 6 Oct., and m.
23 Oct., 1722, by Rev. John White, MARY EMMONS, both of
Gloucester, Mass. He was an original member of the Third
Church, Annisquam, 1728, and his wife Mary was admitted to
membership in 1743.
200 James Lane and Descendants.
"1752, Jan. 2. In the morning sent for to pray with Sam'l Lane's child;
in the evening visited and prayed again at Sam'l Lane's.
1752, Dec. 18. I visited and prayed with Sam'l Lane's wife, sick.
1 761, Sept. 2. I attended the funeral of Sam'l Lane's wife; died of nervous
fever." — yournal of Rev. Samuel Chandler.
]Mr. Lane is probably the Samuel Lane who ent. int. of m. 7 Jan.,
1762, with :\L\RY NEWHALL of Newbury, Mass.
He bought land of his father Jan. 19, 1724, had claim against
the estate of John Lane- (James^) in 1738, bought land of John
Prince Aug. 26, 1754, and of Epes Sargent Sept. 3, 1759.
Administration on the estate of Samuel Lane was granted to his son-in-law,
David Lane, Apr. 10, 1765; inventory taken Apr. 23, 1765, was returned May
10, 1765; account of adm. was rendered June 17, 1765, additional account
Oct. 14, 1765. The estate comprised dwelling house, barn and shop, 17 1-2
acres of land, cattle, blacksmith's tools, fishing boat and canoe. Among the
claims allowed was that of "the widow for mourning."
Children :
26. L Samuel"^, b. 7 July, bap. 4 Aug., 1723, m. Deliverance
Pool.
IL Mary'^, b. 4 Sept., 1724.
IIL Abigail'^ b. 23 Feb., bap. 15 May, 1726, was admitted to
the church June 20, 1742, m. David Lane^^ (John^--, James^).
IV. Elizabeth"^, b. 26, bap. 31 ^Llr., 17 28.
27. V. Zebulon^ b. i July, 1729, m. Hannah Cogswell.
VL Hannah"*, b. 10 Jan., 1 730-1, m. Benjamin Lane' (Benj.-',
John-, James^).
Vn. Judith^, bap. 13 ^Lay, 1732.
28. VHL Daniel'*, bap. 5 Jan., 1734-5, m. AL\ry Lane.
IX. Judith^, b. 16 June, bap. 11 July, 1736.
X. Sus.\NNA^, bap. 23 Oct., 1737.
29. XI. Issacher'*, b. 11, bap. 17 June, 1739, ^^' ^I-^RV Hodg-
KINS.
XII. Zacheus^, bap. 31 Aug., 1740.
XIII. Mary^, b. 16, bap. 18 Oct., 1741.
Family Eleven. • 201
11.
JOSEPH LANE3 (Job^, Jamesi), b. Billerica, Mass., ii Dec,
1708, m. THANKFUL, dau. of Isaac AMSDEN, resided at Bed-
ford and Sutton, Mass.
Joseph Lane formerly of Bedford, now Resident in the town of Sutton,
Husbandman, paid Richard Waters of Sutton, 200 pounds in good Bills of
Credit, Mar. 14, 1736-7, for 130 acres of land adjacent to Sutton and part of
that land which was surveyed by Mr. John Chandler, Jr. Acknowledged,
Aug. 15, 1737. — IVo?-. Co. Deec/s, 8: jgi.
Joseph Lane died intestate at Sutton, about 20 Mar., 1737. Adm. on the
estate was granted to his brother Job Lane tertius, of Bedford, who gave
bond accordingly Mar. 28, 1737. Inv. taken Aug. 17, 1737, included lands,
man's and woman's clothing and baby linen; amount, T,gT£, is, I id; dis-
bursements, 107;^, IS, 7d. Account presented Aug. 20, 1740.
Child :
I. JOSEPH'^, b. 6 Sept., 1736. ''Proposed the baptismal cove-
nant to Joseph Lane and Thankful his wife and baptized their
child Joseph, Oct. ye 31^', 1736." — Bedford Church Records.
Joseph Lane, being a minor about ten months of age, his grandfather, Job
Lane, was appointed his guardian and gave bond, Aug. i, i737- Job Lane,
guardian, being "unable and infirm of Body," petitioned, Sept. 4, 1742,
that his son, Job Lane 3d, be appointed "guardian in my stead over Joseph
Lane a minor under age." The petition was granted and Job Lane 3d gave
bond, Sept. 6, 1742. This trust of Job Lane 3d as both administrator and
guardian, was represented, Sept. 13, 1742, as "altogether improper." Parties
were cited to appear Sept. 30, 1742, the Judge saying, "I shall put off the
matter of the guardianship, the parties meanwhile to agree on some third
party." Hearing was had Oct. 1 1, 1742, when the judge decided, "I ap-
point Benjamin Kidder of Bedford, guardian in the room of Job Lane 3d, to
Joseph Lane in his 7th year, son of Joseph Lane late of Sutton." When 20
years of age, Joseph Lane appears to be living with Dr. Upham of Brookfield
and having Benjamin Kidder his guardian and Job Lane 3d the administrator
of his father's estate.
Joseph Lane of Sutton, husbandman, in consideration of 200 pounds. Mar.
10, 1 761, received from Richard Waters, deed of 149 acres of land "lying
adjacent to Sutton and part of the land I bought of ye Province committee."
This was to make good the quality and bounds of land [sold to his father]
Mar. 14, 1736-7. — Deeds 44: 116.
He sold this land to Henry Nichols of Sutton, for 214 pounds. Mar. 13,
1762.— ^j.- 414.
202 James Lane and Descendants.
12.
JOB LANE, 3d (Job^, James'), 1714-1754, twin, b. Billerica,
Mass., 29 Jan., 1713-14, resided in Bedford and was innkeeper in
Brookfield, Mass.
He was appointed administrator of his brother Joseph's estate Mar. 28, 1737,
and bought land of J. Lane Apr. 16, 1742, and sold land to N. Pope, Jr.,
Feb. 2, 1748.
Jobe Lane Jr. of Bedford paid Philip and Mary Goss, 150 pounds, Apr. 11,
1748, for 82 acres of land in Brookfield, Co. of Worcester. — Wor. Deeds,
24:427. Job Lane of Brookfield paid John Goss, 300 pounds, Nov. 20, 1748,
for 10 acres of land in Brookfield. — 27:288. He paid Thomas and Abigail
Goss 3000 pounds old tenor, Feb. 15, 1748-9, for no acres of land, being the
homestead of Capt. Philip Goss late of Brookfield, with the buildings. —
28 : 241. Job Lane of Brookfield, Innholder, paid John Goss 160 pounds old
tenor, Sept. 17, 1749, for 25 acres in Brookfield. — 31:84. He paid Abner
Gilbert 100 pounds lawful money, Oct. 7, 1750, for 73 acres of land iri Brook-
field and deeded it l)ack again May 24, 1751. — jo : 1^8 and ji:jj. Job
Lane of Brookfield, gentleman, received judgment May 22, 1752, against
Ephraim Hay ward and David Hoar both of Western in Co. of Worcester, for
57 pounds 16 shillings 7 pence damage and 2 pounds i penny cost lawful
money, and was put in possession of the premises Nov, 7, 1752. — J2 :8y. He
sold John Cutler for 700 pounds lawful money, Jan. 14, 1754, 300 acres of
land in Brookfield; also paid him 400 pounds lawful money for 100 acres in
Brookfield Jan. 14, 1754. — 32:^14 and J4 : 24^.
Mrs. Sarah Lane, gentlewoman, and Thomas Hall, gentleman, both of
Brookfield, executors of the last will of Job Lane late of Brookfield, gentle-
man, sold to Jonas Brewer of No. i in Co. of Hampshire, for 373 pounds 6
shillings 8 pence, Apr. 17, 1758, one messuage in Brookfield containing 100
acres with buildings. — Deeds jj : i2j.
Account of Noah Gilbert and Sarah Gilbert his wife who before marriage
was Sarah Lane wife of Job Lane late of Brookfield, acting executors of the
last will of JoIj Lane, the other executor being Thos. Hale.
Inv. of Personal estate Aug. 17, 1754,
;^967— 15— II
911— 17— 5
55-18-6
Rendered Oct. 17, 1759.
— Wor. Co. Wills, 6:280.
Children of Job and Sarah Lane :
L Sarah^, b. Bedford, Mass., 28 Jan., bap. 3 Feb., 1739-40,
m. first, 29 Sept., 1757, Abner Howe of North Brookfield, Mass.,
Family Thirteen. 203
who d. in the hospital 20 Dec, 1776, from sickness contracted in
the army of the Revokition. After his decease the family moved
to Jaffrey, N. H., where she m. second, Samuel Parker, who sur-
vived her. Tablet erected by her grandson is inscribed : ''Sarah
Parker, mother of Dr. Adonijah Howe, died Dec. 30, 1795, aged
59." Children of Abner and Sarah (Lane) Howe born in North
Brookfield, Mass. :
1. Adonijah, b. 24 July, 1 758, moved his mother's family to Jaffrey, X. II.,
where he began to practice medicine at an early age and d. 31 July, 1832.
2. Percis, b. 3 Sept., 1760. 3. Abner, b. ll Jan., 1763, d. 1837. 4,
Sarah, b. 13 Feb., 1765. 5. Rebecca, b. 21 June, 1767, d. 1821. 6. Job
Lane, b. 16 or 18 Sept., 1769, d. 1838. 7. Eunice, b. 6 Nov., 1771, d. 1843.
8. Jatnes, b. lo or 16 Mar., 1774, d. 13 Nov., 1810. 9. Thankful, b. i^
May, 1777, tradition says born at the time her father lay dying or about 20
Dec, 1776.
n. Job'*, b. Bedford, 14 Feb., bap. 28 Feb., 1 741-2, graduated
Yale College 1764, and d. 16 Sept., 1768, ?e. 27 yrs. A stone,
with an highly appreciative inscription in Latin, marks his grave at
New Haven, Conn.
Epitaph: "Stop Traveller. Here, hard by, lyeth D., Job Lane, M. A.,
Tutor in Yale College, a man distinguished for his talent, sobriety, literary at-
tainments and piety. This perishable monument Ijriefly witnesses to thee, —
That he was born in Bedford, A. D. 1741 ; That in Youth he was very fond of
study; That in academic pursuits he surpassed others; That for three Years he
earnestly preached the Gospel; That for two years he faithfully performed the
duties of Tutor; That he was very dear to his parents, loved by his friends and
all favorers of piety, and that deeply mourned by all he departed this life Sept.
16, 1768."
HL JONATHAN"*, b. 3 Feb., bap. 5 Feb., 1743-4.
IV. Samuel"*, b. 6 May, 1746.
V. ^L\RV^, b. 16 Mar., 1747-8.
13.
WHTTAM LANE4 (James^, John^, James^), 1716-1759, b.
Lanesville, Mass., 24 June, bap. 24 Aug., 17 16, by Rev. John
\Yhite; m. first by Rev. Benjamin Bradstreet, i Jan., 1738, LYDLA.
GRIFFIN, who was admitted to the church, 20 June, 1742. He
204 James Lane and Descendants.
ent. int. of m. 13 Feb., 1756, with DEBORAH (Lane-^) LANGS-
FORD, (Joseph:^ John2, James'). Mr. Lane d. about 1759.
Guardianship for the children was granted as follows : John Lane a minor
above fourteen to Ambrose Wincut, Apr. 21, 1760; William and Joanna under
fourteen, and other children under seven to Deborah Lane, Nov. 10, 1760;
Nicholas and Rachel under fourteen to Thomas Burnham, Jr., of Ipswich, Dec.
15, 1760; Nicholas and Rachel, now above fourteen to Samuel Griffin, Apr.
10, 1765; Lydia and Judith above fourteen to John Ilale, Apr. 10, 1765.
Nicholas and Rachel "having arrived at full age," release their guardian,
Samuel Griffin, Dec. 5, 1770.
Administration on the estate of William Lane was granted to his widow,
Deborah Lane, May 12, 1760. Inventory taken June 20, 1760, was exhibited
with account of adm., Sept. i, 1760. Additional inventory was returned,
Mar, 9, 1 761. Dower set off, Sept. 28, 1761. Other accounts of adm. were
rendered, Oct. 13, 1 761, and Oct. 6, 1763. P\uther account by "Deborah
Lane now Webster," Mar. 11, 1765, and July 27, 1767.
Children :
I. Sarah^, b. 6, bap. 15 Dec, 1738.
IL William^ b. 12, bap. 21 Dec, 1740, d. in France about
1759, £6. 18 years.
II L John'', b. 17, bap. 20 Mar., 1742-3.
IV. Lydia'^, b. 30 May, bap. 2 June, i745-
V. Judith'*, b. 21, bap. 28 June, 1747.
30. VI. Nicholas-^ b. 18 July, bap. 6 Aug., 1749, had wives
Nancy Bezoh. and Mary .
VII. Rachel^ bap. 13 Feb., 175 1-2, m. 16 Dec, 1784, by
Rev. Daniel Fuller, Josiah Griffin; he b. Mar., 1742, son of
Samuel and Mary (Vork) (iriffin, and lived in Sandy Bay, Mass.
VIII. Joanna-'^ b. 8, bap. 10 July, 1753.
By second marriage :
IX. Joanna-'', b. 16, bap. 17 July, 1757.
X. William'', b. 6 Aug., 1759, presented for bap. by Deborah
Lane, widow, 16 Sept., 1759; was lost in a storm at sea, May 29,
1778, ee. 19 years.
Family Fourteen. 205
14.
JOSIAH LANE* (James^, John-, James'), 1721-1766, was b. in
Gloucester, Mass., 29 Mar., 1721, m. 20 Mar., 1743, by Rev. Ben-
jamin Bradstreet, ABIGAIL XORWOOD^^; she b. 28 Mar., 1723,
flau. of Joshua-, (Francis'), and EHzabeth (Andrews) Norwood.
Francis Norwood^ was one of Cromwell's soldiers and, after the restoration
of Charles II, fled from England, Joshua Norwood- was a fisherman and
later engaged in getting out mooring- and mill-stones, the first man in Glou-
cester to quarry stone — a business since become of national repute.
Mr. Lane and his wife were members of the Third Church in Annisquam,
she admitted in 1749, and its records show the baptism of their children. He
is probably the Josiah Lane who made six purchases of land in Gloucester
from 1749 to 1757. Administration on his estate was granted to his widow,
Abigail Lane, Nov. 3, 1766. Inventory taken, Jan. 12, 1767, returned Feb.
23. 1767. It included house and lands, "half a small schooner, a pew in
Squam meeting house and one third of another pew, and one third of one
eighth of the vacancy in the gallery." Dower was set off and estate appor-
tioned, May 25, 1767. Account of adm. was rendered, May 26, 1767, and
additional account, Feb. 26, 1771.
Abigail (Norwood) Lane seems to have m. again, "Joseph Caffareen, the
school master," who d. 6 Sept., 1814. She is said to have d. at Mt. Desert,
Me., at her daughter Abigail's. The house occupied by Josiah Lane and
family is still standing at Bay View, Gloucester, though changed in appear-
ance. Here Capt. Francis Lane made his home when he came to Cape Ann
on his yearly visits to go fishing. It was sold by Mark Lane and heirs to
Joseph Berry.
Children, births entered in family Bible and baptisms on church
records by Rev. Benjamin Bradstreet. It is said that six or seven
of these brothers were at the battle of Bunker hill tos^ether.
I. RuTH'^ b. 8 Oct., 1743, bap. 8 Jan., 1743-4.
II. Judith'', b. 23 June, bap. 22 Sept., 1745.
31. III. James-^, b. 8 June, bap. 14 June, 1747, ra. Hannah
Robinson.
32. IV. Josiah^, b. 6, bap. 1 1 Dec, 1748, m. Jerusha Stevens.
33. V. Isaac"'', b. 4 Nov., bap. 11 Nov., 1750, m. Dorcas
Bennett and Jerusha .
34. VI. Theophilus-\ b. 9, bap. 12 July, 1752, m. Susannah
Davis.
206 James Lane and Descendants.
35. VII. Levi^, b. 3, bap. lo Nov., 1754, m. Elizabeth Gvles
and Susanna (Newman) Lane.
36. VIII. Francis^ b. 12 Dec, 1756, bap. 17 July, 1757, m.
Esther Griffin, Hannah WyxMan and Betsey Gammon.
IX. Abigail^, b. 19, bap. 21 Oct., 1759, prob. m. 18 June,
1778, by Rev. Obadiah Parsons, Nathaniel Bennett, resided at
Mount Desert, Me.
37. X. ]Mark-^, b. 8 Jan., b. 10 Jan., 1762, m. Esther Gott.
XL Ammi^, b. 5, bap. 17 June, 1764, named for Rev. Ammi
Ruhamah Cutter, first pastor of No. Yarmouth, Me., 1 730-1 735.
"Pownal, Me. Direct U. S. Tax 182 1. Ammi Lane: Real
and personal estate and Income $97.00, six p"" cent. $5.82."
15.
DAVID LANE'* (John^.-, James^), 1 722-1777, b. June, 1722,
at Lanesville, Gloucester, Mass., was two years old when his father
was killed by the Indians.
His guardians were his mother, Mary Lane, Feb. 16, 1725, John Riggs,
Oct. 14, 1727, Dea. James Lane, Apr. 25, 1737. He had arrived of age Oct.
28, 1743, when he gave Dea. James Lane a receipt in full for his interest in the
estate of his father, John Lane, Jr.*, and his grandfather, John Lane^. He
bought land in Annisquam, July 25, 1748, and purchases were continued by
his son, David Lane^, and grandson, David Lane®, for more than half a
century. He was adm. on the estate of his father-in-law, Samuel Lane, 1765.
David Lane m. 31 Oct., 1743, by Rev. Benjamin liradstreet,
ABIGAIL LANE'* (SamueP*-, James'), and was intending m. with
DELIVERANCE GOTV, 12, and m. 28 May, 1769. He d. 3
Sept., 1777, 36. 56 years. i-
Children :
I. Susanna-^ b. 3 May, bap. 17 June, 1744.
II. John-\ b. 5, bap. 7 July, 1745.
III. Marv^\ b. 7, bap. 25 Jan., 1746-7.
IV. Thomasin"', b. 3, bap. 9 ^Liy, 1749. "Tammy Lane" m.
Family Sixteen. 207
25 Nov., 1769, Daniel Merchant-'* (Daniel-, Jabez^) ; he b. 6
Aug., 1745, one of the incorporators of the Independent Christian
church, 1792. Their children were:
I. Tammy ^ bap. 4 Nov., 1770. 2. Daniel, b. 1771. 3. Rebecca, b.
1774. 4. Caleb, twin. 5. Nancy, twin. 6. Perhaps others.
38. V. David'*, b. i Dec, 1750, m. Hannah Merchant.
VI. Francis-'^ bap. 12 Dec, 1756.
VII. Sar-\h5, bap. 17 June, 1764, m. 1792, Asa Todd of
Rowley, Mass.
VIII. Judith-'*, bap. 22 Sept. 1765.
16.
JOSEPH LANE* (Joseph-'', John^, James'), 1 726-1 776, b.
Gloucester, Mass., 20 Aug., 1726. At the age of twenty-four years,
12 Nov., 1750, he entered intention of m. with JOANNA HARA-
DEN, widow of Joseph Haraden with half a dozen children.
He sold to Dea. James Lane, before 1751, part of a flake-yard at Lanesville,
Mass.
Records of the Fifth Parish of Gloucester, now Rockport, Mass.
"March the 24 Day 1767 at a Parish meeting said Meeting Maid Chois of
Joseph Lane Edmund Grover Jonathan Pool for Moneters."
"November the 8 Day 1775. At Payrish Meeting Lawfully assembled
then Maid Choice of Francis Pool m^ John Rowe Jr and Joseph Lane as a
Committee to prouid a scool Master also to Mend the Meeting house. Voted
that the Same Committee Settel with Mr Nehemiah Grover and Pay him his
Damidg Done his Seat in the Meeting house."
"Jenuary the twelfth Day 1775 [6] at Parish Meeting Mr Joseph Lane
Thomas Rowe Daniel Voung chosen Moneters." -
Joseph Lane paid Daniel Lane, £y:i, 13s, 4d, Jan. 2, 1772, for sixty acre
lot No. 5, Division 2, in New Gloucester, Maine.
About one century after the settlement of Cape Ann, all the available land
was under cultivation and the young men must turn to the sea or to the wilds
of Maine. Joshua Lane was engaged in real estate transactions at Falmouth
in 1700. John Lane presented land claims at North Yarmouth in 171 5, shared
in the division of Wallis estate at Cape Elizabeth, 1723, and was dealing in
real estate in Maine as late as 1732. Theophilus Lane resided at North
Yarmouth in 1770, and subscribed his "proportionable part of cost" to Dr.
Elias Bank's private school. Gideon Lane removed from Gloucester to Free-
208 James Lane and Descendants.
port, Me., about 1780. Isaac Lane bought land and settled in Gray, Me.,
1 78 1, and moved to Falmouth, Me., 1793. Francis Lane settled at North
Yarmouth, Me., at the close of his service in the Revolution, and was at
Minot in 1802, and at South Paris in 1818. Hannah Lane m. John Trow of
North Yarmouth; he bap. 7 Nov., 1768, and was a member of the First
church, Sept. 15, 1799. Joanna Lane united with the First church in Free-
port, between its organization, Dec. 21, 1789, and 1805, and died before 1805.
Joseph Lane died 1776, a communicant in the Fifth church,
Gloucester, Mass.
Children :
39. I. Caleb\ of Annisquam, m. Abiah Saville.
40, II. Gideon"^, of Gloucester, m. Anna Griffin and Han-
nah Lane.
17.
CALEB LANE4 (Joseph^ John^, Jamesi), 1729-1783, b. Glou-
cester, Mass., 16 Nov., 1729, followed the sea for a livelihood, and
was soldier in Lt. Lane's company of scouts at Squam, May 9,
1776. He m. 15 Nov., 1752, by Rev. John Rogers, LYDIA
RIGGS, and d. 10 Feb., 1783, ae. 54 yrs.
"Erected to the memory of Caleb Lane, who died Feb. loth, 1783, aged 54.
Farewell, my wife and children dear.
If aught on earth could keep me here,
'Twould be my love for you;
But Jesus calls my soul away —
Jesus forbids a longer stay —
My dearest friends adieu."
— Parish Cemetery^ Lancsville.
Lydia (Riggs) Lane d. 21 Mar., 181 2, ?e. 83 years.
"From scene to scene our fleeting moments go."
Administration on her estate was granted to Aaron Lane Jan.' 5,
1813.
Children baptized at Annisquam :
I. Lvdia'', b. 5, bap. 16 Sept., 1753, m. Nathaniel Lane^
(Benjamin'''^, John-, James').
Family Seventeen. 209
II. Thomasin'\ bap. 29 Aug., 1756, ent. int. of m. 6 Mar., 178S,
with William Evans of Pelham, N. H.
41. III. Caleb^, b. 23, bap. 27 May, 1759, ^^^- Hannah Burn-
ham.
42. IV. Joseph-^, bap. 30 Nov., 1760, m. Joanna Morgan.
V. Aaron-'', bap. 28 Oct., 1764, by Rev. Ebenezer Cleaveland.
He was a sea captain, bought lands in Gloucester Jan. 3, 1795, and
July 14, 1796; administered on the estate of his brother, Went-
worth R. Lane, Dec. 4, 1809, and on the estate of his mother,
Lydia Lane, June 5, 18 13. He ent. int. 27 Oct., and m. 20 Nov.,
1787, widow Martha (Hodgkins) Merchant, dau. of John and
Molly Hodgkins, who d. of old age, his widow, 22 Oct., 1857, ae.
94 yrs., 18 ds. Capt. Lane d. Nov., 1833. His will, dated Oct.
23, 1833, proved Jan., 1834, with Samuel Lane, Esq., adm., gave to
wife Martha Lane "the use, profit and benefit of my whole estate,"
after her decease "to go to Jabez Marchant and Thomas Marchant,
minor children of Jabez Merchant, Jr., deceased." — Essex Co.
Wills.
VI. Ammi, Amori or Amev'', bap. 8 Dec, 1765.
VII. Wentworth Riggs-\ bap. 22 May, 1767, by Rev. John
Wyeth. He was a fisherman, purchased land in Squam parish of
Jonathan Woodbury Jan. 10, 1791, and land of the estate of Cor-
nelius Lane, with part of a pew in the meeting house, 1808. He
d. intestate, 1809. Aaron Lane, adm.
"In memory of Wentworth Riggs Lane, who died Augst 6th, 1809, aged 42
years.
Adieu ! my friends, a long adieu,
I leave the joys of earth with you,
I seek a Heavenly prize;
May you in Jesus too be found,
And when the trump of God shall sound.
In His blest Image rise."
VIII. Susanna^, bap. 21 May, 1769, ent. int. of m. 5 Nov.,
1 791, with Solomon Sargent, 3d.
43. IX. Zacheus^ b. 7 June, 1769, bap. 16 June, 1771, m.
Rebecca Merchant.
210 James Lane and Descendants.
18.
SOLOMON LANF/ (Joseph-'^ John^ James'), b. 29 Oct.,
1 731; bought land in Gloucester, Mass., Third Parish, of John
Saville, Jan. 28, 1756; ent. int. 2 Feb., and m. 22 Mar., 1764,
ABIGAIL GOTT, who was admitted to the church in 1764, and
d. 30 Sept., 1774, ae. 38 yrs. He m. second, 31 July, 1778, by
Rev. Obadiah Parsons, JUDITH KXOWLTON, who survived
him and ent. int. of m. 13 Feb., 1802, with Joseph Cafferene, the
village teacher of Gloucester.
Administration on the estate of Solomon Lane, mariner of Gloucester, was
granted to his widow, Judith Lane, Apr. 2, 1799. Inventory taken May 29
and 30, 1799, and returned July i, 1799, included a dwelling house two stories
high with back rooms, barn, land, live stock, "old store at Harraden's point,"
"an old schooner better than 30 tons, eleven years old and nearly run out," a
two mast boat in partnership with Solomon and Cornelius Lane, one French
gun, one King's arm, half a wall pew in Annisquam meeting house; total
$1376.75. Dower set off Dec. 2, 1800. Account of adm. rendered and estate
settled Mar. 7, 1803. — Essex Co. Deeds.
Children :
44. I. Solomon, Jr.'', b. 21 Jan., bap. Squam, 24 Feb., 1765,
m. Sally Stanwood.
45. II. Nathaniel'', b. 2, bap. 9 Nov., 1766, m. Sarah Wood-
bury.
46. III. Cornelius^ b. 24 Oct., 1769, bap. 24 Dec, 1769,
m. Lucy Harr.\den.
47. IV. Humphrey'', bap. 13 Oct., 1771, m. Susannah Green-
leaf and Mary P .
V. Abigah.^, bap. 25 July, 1773, d. 30 Sept., 1774, ae. 18 ms.
VL Pi'Jis'', bap. 29 Oct., 1775, had died leaving legal represen-
tatives Mar. 7, 1803.
By second marriage :
VII. Abioah., 2d-\ bap. at home 25 Mar., 1779; received from
Cornelius Lane Mar. 7, 1803, a portion in the setdement of their
father's estate; m. Davfd Lane^ (David''-"*, John-*--, James').
VIII. Mark^. Judith Lane was appointed guardian to Mark
Lane, a minor more than 14 years of age, Jose])h Cafferene her
Family Nineteen. 211
bondsman. Nov. 4, 1799. Mark Lane was guardian to William
Lane, Mar. 7, 1803, and presented a claim against the estate of
Cornelius Lane, 1808.
IX. Ammi-'', bap. at Second church, 6 June, 1784.
X. George Washington^. His mother, Judith Lane, was appoint-
ed his guardian Apr. 2, 1799 ^ he received from Cornelius Lane a
bond for his portion in their father's estate Dec. 2, 1800 ; his claim
against the estate of Cornelius Lane was allowed, 1808.
48. XL WiLLUM^, b. 17S9, m. Polly Lane, Nancy and
Louisa Brooks.
19.
GIDEON LANE-i (Joseph^, John^, Jamesi), 1738-1813, was
bap. at Annisquam, Gloucester, Mass., 19 Mar., 1737-8. He ent.
int. of m. 21 Jan., and m. 23 Feb., 1763, by Rev. Ebenezer
Cleaveland, MARY BABSOX. Both were bap. 11 Apr., 1773,
and united with the church in Annisquam, 23 May, 1773. She d.
of consumption, 8 Jan., 1779, ae. 34 years, a great aunt of John J.
Babson, the historian of Gloucester. He m. second, 25 Mar.,
1780, by Rev. Eli Forbes, widow LYDIA GATEWOOD.
Mr. Lane probably located at Porridge Hill in Dogtown, Gloucester, where
the well is still shown. His daughter Mrs. Asa Woodbury is remembered to
have said that she was born there. But he soon settled at Lobster cove.
Gideon Lane and Gideon Lane, Jr., made many purchases of land in Glou-
cester from 1773 to 1799. Tradition connects the father with the exploits of
the English sloop of war "Falcon" which had aided the British at the battle
of Bunker Hill. The vessel made her appearance in Ipswich Bay, Aug. 5,
1775. Capt. Lindsay despatched a barge with 50 men on shore to seize a
supply of sheep from the adjacent pastures. Repulsed in this attempt, the
barge was next ordered to Squam Harbor to capture Capt. Lane's deeply
laden schooner, supposed by Lindsay to be a West Indiaman. Upon boarding
the craft, she was found to be laden with nothing but sand. Disappointed
again in seizing what he supposed to be a valuable cargo of West Indian
products, Capt. Lindsay continued his depredations in adjacent parts. He
bombarded for several hours the town of Gloucester, Aug. 8, 1775. The fire
of the 'Talcon" was directed principally upon the meeting-house and caused
212 James Lane and Descendants.
considerable damage to the building. Capt. Joseph Rogers with his company
of minute men, aided by Col. Joseph Foster, met the enemy, captured four
boats, a small tender, a prize schooner, and forty men, and compelled the
"Falcon" to withdraw.
A company under Capt. John Lane had been stationed all summer some-
where on Cape Ann, for the defense of the sea coast. But Capt. John Lane
does not appear to have been engaged in the affair with Lindsay and therefore
probably was not near the scene of action. In September this company was
supplied with wood and barracks by the town. It suffered in some degree
from the non-payment of wages, but in November was allowed to draw cloth-
ing from the public stores. — y. y. Babson.
Capt. Gideon Lane removed to Casco Bay, Me., about 1780. Harraseeket,
the northeast part of ancient North Yarmouth and Grout's Gore were incor-
porated as the town of Freeport, Me., Feb. 14, 1789. Capt. Lane settled on
Pleasant Hill near Mast Landing. He paid Ozias Blanchard, Esq., and others
$200.00, June 23, 1800, for 50 acres of land, the northerly half of Lot 39,
Range E, in Freeport, formerly included in No. Yarmouth. He and wife
Lydia sold 12 1-2 acres of this lot for $500.00 to his son Peter Lane of Free-
port, May 2, 1803; the remainder and another lot he sold to Gideon Lane,
Jr., of Gloucester, mariner, for $800.00, June 25, 1813. He bought of
Thomas Burrell, Nov. 5, 1801, 34 acres of land in Freeport, an undivided
half of Lot 39, Range E, with half of house and half of barn thereon; this
estate he and wife sold to Peter Lane for $400.00, May 7, 1803. He and
wife, Lydia, sold 12 acres and 128 rods of lot No. 39, Range E, in Freeport,
to Joshua Webb for $153.60, May 24, 1808.
Capt. Gideon Lane d. at Pleasant Hill, Freeport, Ale., 6 Oct.,
1813, ae, 76 years.
Lydia Lane, widow, quit claim to Thomas Bicknell for $20.00,
Mar. II, 1817, all right of dower in certain lands in Freeport.
Children :
49. L Gideon Jr.\ b. Annisquam, 14, bap. 16 Dec, 1764, m.
Hannah Griffin.
H. Marv^, b. 6 Sept., 1766.
HI. Priscilla-^, b. 23, bap. 29 Aug., 1768, ent. int. of m. 5
Sept., and m. 13 Nov., 1789, by Rev. Eli Forbes, Nathaniel
Griffin, Jr., and lived at Annisquam ; m. second Mr. Harraden,
and lived at Squamscott, Mass. Priscilla (Lane) Griffin was one of
the earliest converts of Rev. John Murray. Her dau. Mrs. Mary
P. Lewis, who lived and died in Lynn, Mass., was one of the early
members of the First Universalist society there.
Family Twenty. 213
IV. Esther-^, b. 3 Dec, 1770, bap. 3 Feb., 1771, ent. int. of m.
20 Dec, 1790, with Asa Woodbury of Gloucester, and lived at
Annisquam.
50. V. Martha^, b. Stiuam Harbor, 20, bap. 27 Dec, 1772,
m. Moses Soule.
51. VI. John Babson^, bap. 18 Dec, 1774, m. Sarah Win-
slow.
52. VII. Peter^, bap. 27 Dec, 1776, m. Experience Bick-
NELL.
By second marriage :
VIII. Rachel"*, b. Freeport, 23 Mar., 1781, m. Mr. Pierson.
IX. Anna-^, b. 16 Apr., 17 85, m. Nath.a.niel Additon, of Free-
port.
X. Betsey^"", b. 18 Sept., 1787, m. 17 May, 1807, Joshua Webb.
20.
BENJAMIN LANE^ (Benj.3, John^ Jamesi), 1727-1805, b.
Gloucester, Mass.. 23 Nov., 1727 ; entered intention of m. 28 Oct.,
1749, with HANNAH LANE^ (SamueP-^, Jamesi). He bought
land in Gloucester, Mass., 1752, and removed to New Gloucester,
Me., 1770, where he again ent. int. of m., 23 Sept., 1780, with
Mrs. SARAH POOL, who d. 30 Mar., 1840, se. 82 years.
Many Gloucester families perpetuated the name of the home they left, in the
town of New Gloucester on Royal's river in Maine. The first meeting of the
sixty Gloucester proprietors was Apr. 27, 1736, and the same year, Mass. Gen.
Court granted them a township six miles square. Pioneers located first in
present Gorham and Gray, Me. Others selected a site further to the north-
west which the Gen. Court confirmed to them, July 5, 1737, and to which a
road was brushed out, on the east side of Royal's river from Cousin's river in
North Yarmouth. The proprietors met again in Feb., 1738, set apart three
lots for public purposes, divided sixty lots among themselves and provided for
building a saw mill on "Stevens Brook" within two years, calling the town-
ship New Gloucester. The settlement began in the spring of 1739. Families
of settlers were brought from Mass. to North Yarmouth by a vessel in the fall
of 1742, and from thence poled up Royal's river on rafts to the great bridge,
214 James Lane and Descendants.
but the governor ordered the settlers off on account of Indian troubles in 1 744
to 1749. The permanent settlement at New Gloucester dates from 1756.
In 1758 a grist mill was completed in connection with the saw mill. In 1760,
the mills were moved to the great falls on Royal's river. Their block house
became to them a home, a fort, a church. The church was organized and
Rev. Samuel Foxcroft, ordained, Jan. 16, 1765. It was reported that they
had "a jolly ordination and lost sight of decorum." In 1770 sixty-one
persons subscribed to build a meeting-house but the town languished till its
incorporation, Sept. 7, 1774.
Benjamin Lane bought of Peter Graffan, Sept. ii, 1770, the 60 acre lot No.
60 in the supplement to Division 2, New Gloucester, on which he settled.
The same year Benjamin Lane, Ebenezer Lane and Daniel Lane subscribed
10 pounds each toward building the meeting-house. Benjamin Lane paid
Micah Walker of Bakerstown, 5 pounds, Jan. 8, 1782, for "the floor or ground
Pew number five in the meeting House in New Gloucester, being the most
Easterly Corner Pew." He was party to conveyance of land, Feb. 8, 1782,
Nov. 25, 1788, June 4, and June 25, 1790. He died about 1805. — Cumb. Co.
Deeds.
Children :
L Nathaniel-^, b. 10, bap. 23 Sept., 1750, m. 8 June, 1780, by
Rev. John Rogers, Lydia Lane-^ (Caleb'*, Joseph-', John-, James^).
He sold to Samuel True for $100.00, Aug. 7, 1805, one-eighth
part of Lot 7, supplement 2d division, which fell to him by the
estate of Benjamin Lane, late of New Gloucester.
53. IL Benjamin^, bap. i Dec, 1752, m. Sarah Davis and
Elizabeth Norwood.
54. ITT. Eliphalet-^, bap. 8 Sept., 1754, m. Ruth Pacor.
IV. Zephaniah^, bap. 29 Aug., 1756.
V. Hannah^, bap. 12 Feb., 1758.
VI. John'', bap. 4 Oct., 1759, ''killed in an engagement with a
British ship mounting twenty guns. Six others were killed and ten
wounded. He was a very promising youth aged 19 years, the first
that had been killed belonging to Gloucester since the commence-
ment of the unnatural war between Great Britain and the United
States, which commenced April 19, 1775." — Annisquam Church
Record.
55. VII. Samuei/', bap. 20 Sept., 1761, m. Polta' Dwixfxl,
Dorothy Haskell and Betsey Everleth.
Family Twenty- One. 215
VIII. Joshua'', bap. 2 Oct., 1763, by Rev. Ebenezer Cleave-
land, mustered with Capt. Isaac Parson's New Gloucester Co.,
Col. Prince's Reg., under Gen. Wadsworth, May, 1780, for eight
months' service at Thomaston, Me.
IX. Susanna^, bap. 9 Feb., 1766, by Rev. John Wyeth, m. 9'
Feb., 1807, Benjamin Hart of Portsmouth, N. H., and had:
I. Susanna, bap. 24 July, 1808, at Gloucester, Mass.
X. Bettv^, bap. 3 June, 1770.
21.
JONATHAN LANE^ (Benj.-^ John'^, Jamesi), 1731-1803, b.
Gloucester, Mass., 2, bap. 10 Oct., 1731, by Rev. Benjamin Brad-
street ; residence, Annisquam, Mass. ; bought land of Caleb Wood-
bury, Jr., Apr. 12, 1762. He first ent. int. of m. 15 Nov., 1755,
with LVDIA ROBINSON; ent. int. second, 30 Nov., 1765, and
m. 17 Jan., 1766, by Rev. Ebenezer Cleaveland, ESTHER STAN-
IFORD;. m. third, 13 Jan., 1775, ^Y R^^'- Obadiah Parsons,
BETSEY WHALEN, m. n. Butman.
Jonathan Lane and Betsey Whalen, his third wife, were admitted
to the church in Annisquam, Jan. 13, 1778. She d. his widow in
Sept., 1808.
Administration on his estate was granted to Jonathan Lane, his son, Jan. 2,
1804. Inventory taken Jan. 14, and returned Feb. 6, 1804, included a dwel-
ling house in Annisquam parish near Lane's Cove; total $1 173.90. Commit-
tee appointed Feb. 6, to set off dower to Betty Lane, made return Dec. 26,
1804. The estate was apportioned to two sons — to Jonathan Lane, he paying
legacies to daughters Lydia Phipps, Esther Sa'rgent and Dorcas Lane, and to
Moses Lane, he paying legacies to Sally Lane and Dorcas Lane.
Children :
I. Lydia\ bap. 18 June, 1780, ent. int. of m. 10 Dec, 1796,
with Amos Phipps, and gave receipt Feb. 8, 1805, to Jonathan
Lane, adm. of her father's estate.
56. II. Jonathan"*, b. i8 June, 1780, m. Rachel Grover and
Sally Gowin.
216 James Lane and Descendants.
57, III. MosES""^, b. 14 Dec, 1781, m. Olive Love and Mary
Fellows.
IV. Esther-^, ent. int. of m. 15 Oct., 1803, with Samuel Sar-
gent, Jr.; gave receipt, Feb. 18, 1805, for portion of her father's
estate; was killed by being thrown from a wagon, 1861, ae. 78 yrs.
A daughter :
I. Charlotte, b. 1827, m. 20 Jan., 1847, Allen Lane^ (Jonathan^-*, Benj.^,
John^, James^).
V. Dorcas-'', a minor,^ age 16, her brother Jonathan Lane was
appointed her guardian, Feb. 6, 1804. She gave receipt for her
portion of her father's real and personal estate, Jan. 18, 1806;
ent. int. of m. 24, and m. 25 June, 1805, by Rev. Ezra Learned,
Peter W. Griffin ; m. second, William Harraden.
VL Sally^, a minor, age 14, Jonathan Lane was appointed her
guardian Feb. 6, 1804 ; m. 18 Dec, 1806, by Rev. Ezra Learned,
Simeon Saunders ; receipted for her portion of her father's estate,
Jan. 16, 1807. Children:
I. Sinuoft. 2. Reuben. 3. Williavi. William Saunders of Glou-
cester, and Hannah Lane of Gloucester, ent. int., 31 Mar., were pub. 2 Apr.,
and m. 23 Apr., 1853, by Rev. Daniel Tilton of Rockporl. 4. Louisa, m.
Henry W. Lane'', (John^, Uavid'^''*, John-'--, James'). 5. Sarah. 6.
Joseph. 7 and 8. Leonard and Leiuis, twins. 9. Levi. 10. Elhridge.
II. Sarah.
22.
HEZEKIAH LANE^ (Benj.^ John^, James'), b. 31 ALir., bap.
2 Apr., 1738, at Annisc^uam, Gloucester, Mass. He ent. int. of
m. 22 Dec, 1759, and m. 15 Jan., 1760, MARTHA GOTT, by
Rev. Ebenezer Cleaveland. They lived in Rockport, Mass.
Record of fifth Parish. "auGust the 11 Day 1778 in Parish
Meeting assembled. Deacon Rowe M"" Jonathan Pool M*^ Hesa-
kiah Lane Chosen to treet with M"" CleaueLand to Come or Send
an answer to the Parish before the adjurnment of the meeting."
Hezekiah Lane bought land in Rockport, of Joshua Tarr, June
I7> 1783.
Family Twenty-Three. 217
Children :
I. Hezekiah-'', bap. 28 Dec, 1760, m. 8 Nov. 1781, by Rev. E.
Forbes, Molly Ga^bla.ge.
II. Oliver-^, bap. 17 Oct., 1762, by Rev. Ebenezer Cleaveland,
at Sandy Bay, now Rockport.
III. Martha^ bap. 13 Oct., 1765, at Sandy Bay.
IV. Oliver-'^ bap. 11 Nov., 1767.
58. V. Abner-\ bap. 19 Aug., 1769, perhaps the Abner Lane
of Pennsylvania.
VI. Abel-^, bap. 16 Aug., 1772.
VII. Calvin'', bap. Nov., 1774.
VIII. Lydlv*, bap. II May, 1777, removed to Sedgwick, Me.
IX. John Calvin,^, bap. 18 July, 1779.
23.
JOSEPH LANE4 (Benjamin^ John'^, James'), 1 745-1828, was
bap. in Gloucester, Mass., 8 Sept., 1745, and lived in the Fifth
Parish of Gloucester, now Rockport, Mass.
"March the 24 Day 1767 at a Parish meeting Maid Chois of Joseph Lane
Edmund Grover Jonathan Pool for Moneters."
"November the 8 Day 1 775. At Payrish meeting Lawfully assembled then
Maid Choice of Francis Pool m^ John Rowe Jr. and Joseph Lane as a Com-
mitte to prouid a school Master also to Mend the Meeting house."
"Jenuary the twelfth Day 1775 [6] at Parish Meeting. Mr Joseph Lane
Thomas Rowe Daniel Young chosen Moneters."
Joseph Lane was a soldier in Capt. John Rowe's Gloucester company of
minute men at the battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775. The company
marched from Gloucester, on Monday, June 12th, and, reaching Mystic river
on the 1 6th, were with the forces that threw up the redoubt on Breed's Hill.
In the engagement next day, part of the company were at the redoubt and a
part were ordered to the extreme left wing of the Provincial troops on the
bank of Mystic river under Major McCleary. They retreated that night to
Ploughed Hill. Capt. Rowe had three of his men killed and three wounded.
Such was their exploit on the great day of the 17th of June, 1775. — !/• 7'
Babson.
218 James Lane and Descendants.
Joseph Lane was First Lieutenant in Capt. William Parson's company, Col.
Joseph Foster's regiment, Jan. i, 1776.
Copy :
"Gloucester, May 9, 1776.
Lieut. Lane:
Sir — You are hereby ordered and requested forthwith to march with the
party of five men under your command whose names are as follows : Daniel
Haraden, John Atkins, Caleb Lane, Joseph Somes and Joseph Davis to
Squam, where you are to keep a watch at the entrance of the harbor night and
day, which watch is to be properly released at your discretion; you are to give
said watch orders to inform you if they discover any vessels or boats that at-
tempt to land on that shore, or that appear to be an enemy; after you have
inquired into such information as you may receive from the watch, if you judge
it needful you are to fire three guns to alarm the inhabitants there and send
one of your party to me with an account of what occasioned the alarm, after
which you are to endeavor to prevent the enemy from landing. You are
furthermore to visit the watch at the Cape and Chebacco side under Corporals
Brown and Emerton once a week or oftener, and see if they keep a good watch
agreeable to the orders they have received from me, which you are to demand
when you visit said watches and see if these men attend their duty, and make
return to me every Tuesday when you send for your allowance of provisions.
Fail not.
Joseph Foster.
N. B. You are to practice your party in ye manuel exercise all opportunies."
Lt. Joseph Lane m. 19 >Lar., 1767, by Rev. Ebenezer Cleave-
land, RACHEL ROWE. He ent. int. of m. 3 July, 1775, with
SARAH DAVIS, and witnessed with her to sale of land by Ben-
jamin Lane of Poland, Me., Oct. 6, 1807. He died Nov., 1828,
as. 83 years.
Children :
L Rachel'', b. 22, bap. 27 Dec, 1767.
IL Deliverance-^ b. 19, bap. 23 Apr., 1769.
59. HL Joseph^ b. 8, bap. 25 Nov., 1770, m. Betsey Jewett.
IV. Mary Baker-^, b. 26, bap. 31 Jan., 1773.
V. Judith^ b. 16, bap. 19 Feb., 1775.
24.
EBENEZER LANE^ (Job^ John'^, James^), 1 742-1828, bap.
Gloucester, >Lass., 4 July, 1742, and when a young man sailed as
Family Twenty- Four. 219
a shipmaster from the port of Cape Ann. ''March the 29 Day
at a Parish Meeting in the 5 Parish in Glocester. Edmund Grover
Ebenezer Lane Henry witham chosen Moneters. Ebenezer Lane
Chosen and sworn to the office of Collector."
Ebenezer Lane bought of his brother, Andrew Lane, both fishermen of
Gloucester, and Co. of Essex, for i8 pounds, Dec. 12, 1768, lot No. 20 of the
second division by the proprietors of New Gloucester, Co. of Cumberland.
The northerly half of this lot he sold to Ebenezer Lane, Jr., then living on it,
for $500, July 26, 1808. The southerly half, his wife, Eunice, relinquishing
right of dower, he sold to Abbe and Grosvenor, traders of New Gloucester,
Apr. 21, 1809.
Ebenezer Lane of Gloucester, Co. of Essex, paid Nathaniel Allen, Esq. of
said Gloucester, his wife Sarah relinquishing right of dower, 20 pounds, July I,
1769, for "A Tract or Parcel of Land at a Place called New Gloucester, con-
taining sixty Acres or thereabouts." This was lot No. 1 1 in 2d Division, on
which Ebenezer Lane was the first settler and among the subscribers oi £10
towards the meeting-house in 1 770. This estate he conveyed to his son. Job
Lane, for $500, Jan. 11, 1808, receiving a life lease of it for which he was to
pay I cent annually, Dec. 4, 1808. He sold it to Job Lane for $1, Dec. 4,
1809, and took it into his possession again, paying Job and Polly Lane $500
for it, Apr. 12, 1815. It was included in his estate with his dwelling-house
standing on it, when settled by Job Lane administrator, June 28, 1828.
Ebenezer Lane bought land in the "Fifth Parish, Gloucester, of Thomas
Harris, Nov. 24, 1 770."
Ebenezer Lane paid Elkanah Lucas, 21 pounds, 7 shillings, 8 pence, Feb.
8, 1782, for 13 1-2 acres of unimproved land, the 60 acre lot No. 10, Division
2, in New Gloucester. He paid Joel Haskell $500 for the remainder of the
lot, Oct. 30, 1799. He conveyed it to his son, William Lane, Apr. 31, 1804,
and, after William's death, to his daughter, Sally, Jan. 14, 1808, "in con-
sideration of the natural love and affection I have unto my beloved Daughter
Sally Bridgham and divers other good causes." He leased this property for
life from Alden and Sally Bridgham paying them 10 cents annually, June 14,
1808, and bought it again of Joseph E. Foxcroft, Esq., for $535, Dec. 26,
1814.
Ebenezer Lane was one of the associates with Abijah Buck which paid the
Massachusetts committee for conveying unappropriated lands in the counties
of York, Cumberland and Lincoln, ;!^ 1 632, 17s, lod, Nov. 13, 1788, for the
township of Bucktown or No. 5, containing about 23023 &cres, "reserving 200
acres for the use of the ministry, 200 for the first settled minister, 280 for the
use of a Grammar school, and 200 acres for the further disposition of the
General Court, also 100 acres to a number of first settlers, 47 in all."
Ebenezer Lane paid William Bridgham physician, 35 pounds for 50 acres of
unimproved land in New Gloucester, June 14, 1790. This land he mortgaged
to Job Lane of Pejepscot for $700, Dec. 4, 1808.
220 James Lane and Descendants.
Ebenezer Lane of Gloversboro, in the County of Cumberland, paid a com-
mittee appointed by the General Court of Massachusetts to sell unappropriated
lands, I pound, 6 shillings, 6 pence, specie, and i pound, 5 shillings, 3 pence,
consolidated notes of said commonwealth, June 25, 1790, for 100 acres of
land in the Plantation of Gloversboro, including improvements by said Eben-
ezer Lane. He sold this land to James Johnstone for 90 pounds, in May,
1795. Acknowledged Sept. 2, 1795.
Ebenezer Lane of New Gloucester, paid Edward Pool of Gloucester, 46
pounds, 4 shillings, 6 pence. May 10, 1793, for 50 acres of land in the Co. of
Cumberland, part of the 8th division, above Pownaldborough on the Pejepscot
claim. Ebenezer Lane, innholder, sold this land to Alden Bridgham for 50
pounds, Nov. 29, 1797.
Ebenezer Lane, Ebenezer Lane, Jr., and Job Lane, all of New Gloucester,
paid Thomas Bayley $800, that is 1-4 of said sum by Ebenezer Lane, 1-4 by
Ebenezer Lane, Jr., and the other half by Job Lane, July 4, 1796, for 47 acres
of land in Poland, it being part of lot No. 47 in the first division, together
with half of the saw-mill and grist-mill and one-half of the stream, yard, roads,
conveniences . . . etc., standing on said lot 47. The same party paid $120,
Sept. 4, 1796, for another part of Lot 47, Division i, in Bakerstown.
Ebenezer Lane, innholder, bought out the interest of Ebenezer Lane, Jr.,
and his wife, Peggy Lane, in this property for $500, Nov. 4, 1806.
Ebenezer Lane, innholder, Ebenezer Lane, Jr. and Job Lane paid George
Erskine $300, Dec. 16, 1799, for 100 acres of land in Poland.
Ebenezer Lane, innholder, paid Nathaniel Ingersol $250, May 29, 1802,
for lot No. 28, Minot, He sold the same lot to Job Lane for $950, Dec.
27, 1806.
Ebenezer Lane paid John Glover $400, Feb. 24, 1803, for the 200 acre
lots No. 5 and 6 and for a gore of land lying between the towns of New
Gloucester, Gray and Raymondtown.
Ebenezer Lane, innholder, and Ebenezer Lane, Jr., sold to Job Lane for
$114, Jan. II, 1806, 50 acres of lot 72, proprietors division, partly in Minot
and partly in Poland.
Ebenezer Lane bought of Ebenezer Lane, Jr., for $500, Aug. 7, 1807, land
and other "claims which I possess in the right of my wife to the estate of
Peter Graffam."
Ebenezer Lane paid Edward Bailey $300, and Josiah Bailey $784, Sept. II,
181 1, for Lots 117, 146, 147, 150, Division 2, in Poland.
The name of Ebenezer Lane appears 27 times in transfers of real estate
from 1807 to 1828.
The homestead of Ebenezer Lane on which the dwelling-house of said
Ebenezer stood, was sold by his son, Job Lane, administrator, to William
Haskell for $282, June 28, 1828. — Essex and Cwnb. Co. Deeds.
Ebenezer Lane was among the first settlers of New Gloucester, Me. He
was farmer, land and mill owner, and noted taverner, known as "Inkeeper."
Family Twexiy-Four. 221
He went to Maine while real and also imaginary fears of Indians still dis-
turbed the dwellers, Jabez True and Ebenezer Lane were once travelling
together on the lowlands near Royal's river. Mr. True was surprised and felt
sure that he heard the Indians approaching them. He said to Mr. Lane that
he could hear them say, "Mr. Jabez True I am as big a man as you, you,
you." Then Mr. Lane was startled and sure that he could hear them say,
"Mr. Ebenezer Lane I will stab you with my tomahawk and club you with my
cane, cane, cane." Now these gentlemen, in their trepidation, were sure
that they heard the Indians challenge, but it turned out to be nothing but bull-
frogs in the river.
Journal: Thomas Fisk of Oxford, Mass., went with Lieut. Livermore, to
the Androscoggin river, Maine, in 1773, to survey and lay out roads in the
township of Livermore. The party reached Falmouth by vessel. May 2, 1773.
"3d Traveld Eleven miles .... Loged at North Casco.
4th Traveld 4 miles.
5th traveled to Little Amascoggen 9 miles, waded the river.
6 Day began to clear our Road.
13 crost the Twenty mile River.
14 Rany. Encampt on the East side of 20 mile River.
15 Lieut. Livermore and I sett out to view the Land for the Rod In To
our Township, about 15 miles the way we went.
21 Set out to goe for stores, ... to Mr. Lanes; arived thare jest before
Knight.
22 Day Set out, heavy Loads upon our Backs. But we had one cag we
caled the Bull, which helpt us cary the Rest — at Euery Spring Bluded the Bull.
We come Twelve mile and Night came on.
23 Sunday, arrived at our camp this morning.
June 10, Thursday Traviled in to Lieut. Livermores .... Returned
again to camp.
13 Day Sunday Set out to Wintrop.
14 Day Monday set out at one of the clock to mark oure Road to poart
Royal and at Knight campt by great anderascoggin pond.
17 this afternoon packed up our things for marching home — about the Sun
Set foure miles on our gorney.
18 Fr^'day got into Mr. Laines about the middle of the afternoon and re-
freshed ourselves and Rested our Selves at Little andrew Scroggan River.
19 Saturday crost the River .... Traveled to Mr. Winslows in North
casko and Loged thare.
20 Sunday at falmouth afternoon went to church.
Ebenezer Lane entered intention of m. 19 Mar., 1762, with
MARY PRESTON, who d. 5 Jan., 1808, ae. 69 years. His
'222 James Lane and Descendants.
second wife was EUNICE DODD of North Yarmouth, Me., with
whom he ent. int. of m. i6 July, 1808. He d. 1828.
Children :
60. I. Eeenezer, Jr. 5, b. Gloucester, Mass., 5, bap. at Sandy
Bay, 19 June, 1763, m. Margaret Graffam.
61. II. Jop/^ bap. at Sandy Bay, 23 June, 1765, m. Polly
GiDDINGE.
III. Anna Marlv^, b. 13, bap. 15 Nov., 1767, m. Andrew
Robinson Giddinge; he b. Gloucester, Mass., 22 Sept., 1763, son
of Capt. Andrew and Elizabeth (Davis) Giddings, and descendant
of George Giddings who came from St. Albans, Hertfordshire,
England, to Ipswich, Mass., in 1635. A. R. Giddings, Esq., was
a prominent citizen of Danville, Me., (then a part of Pejepscot
grant) in 1787, where his first wife died, 12 Dec, 1798, ae 31
years, and he died 22 June, 1847. Four children :
1. Andrexi) A'., Jr., m. Deborah Tarbox of New Gloucester, and d. 14 Feb.,
1871, ae. 79 years.
2. Anna, m. i8i6, CoL Nathaniel L. Ingersol of New Gloucester, and
d. 23 Apr,, 1837, leaving six children.
3. Betsey, d. 22 Nov., i8l8, a. 22 years.
4. Richard, d. young.
IV. Abigail Lane-\ dau. of Ebenezer and Mary Grover, bap.
March 29, 176S. — Rockport Record.
V. Sarah^, bap. 2 Dec, 1770, m. Alden Bridgcome. She re-
ceived from her father, Jan. 14, 1808, Lot 10, Division 2, in New
Gloucester, "in consideration of natural love and affection I have
unto my beloved Daughter, Sally Bridgham and divers other good
causes moving me." — Deeds 57 .• jj. Four children :
1. Sally, m. Mr. IVoodnian, and had one son.
2. Anna, m. first, Theophilus Miller of Durham, Me., and had three
children; m. second, Robert Boxoey of Lisbon, Me., had two children and
was living in 1887 at the age of 100 years.
3. Hannah, m. Maj. Arnold. Residence Bangor, Me.
4. Mary, not m,, lived with her sister, Mrs. Miller.
VI. PoLLY^ d. July, 1788, ae. 10 years.
VII. William^ b. 1781, bought of his father, Ebenezer Lane,
for 100 pounds, Apr. 3, 1804, 60 acre lot No. 10, Division 2, and
Family Twenty- Five. 223
also 50 acres of unimproved land in New Gloucester. — Deeds 44 :
201. He d. unm. 22 Sept., 1805, in the 25 th year of his age. —
44 : 201.
Vm. Betsey-^, d. 7 Apr., 1803, ae. 20 yrs., 6 ms.
25.
ANDREW LANE^ (Job^ John^ Jamesi), 1746-1791, bap. at
Gloucester, Mass., 6 Feb., 1745-6, moved with his parents in
childhood to Sandy Bay, now Rockport, Mass. He settled on the
homestead, was styled captain, and m. first by Rev. Ebenezer
Cleaveland, 14 Dec, 1769, MARY TARR ; m. second, intention
entered 22 Mar., 1777, SARAH STORY of Ipswich, Mass.
He paid Nathaniel Allen of Gloucester, Mar. 12, 1768, 18 pounds for ofie
60 acre lot No. 20, 2d Division, at New Gloucester, Me., and sold the lot to
Ebenezer Lane, his brother, for 18 pounds, Dec. 12, 1768. He bought land
of Job Lane, Nov. 28, 1768, and made twelve other purchases of land between
1770 and 1789. He was twice grantor of real estate in Maine to Ebenezer
Lane, about 1772.
Fifth Parish Gloucester, now Rockport. "March the 20 Day 1770 at Parish
Meeting clered Mr andrew Lane from being Collector, Caleb Pool Jun""
chosen Collecter in Rome of M"" Lane."
"March the 19 1772. At Parish Meeting Mr Andrew Lane chosen Parish
Collecter and sworn."
"1778 March the 26 Day at Parish Meeting assembelled. andrew Lane
James Parsons Edmund Grover DeCon Row -Benjamin Hail Chosen Parish
[as] Sessers and Parish Commtte also."
"Gloucester Jenuary the 4th Day 1779 in Parish meeting AsSembled.
Ebenezer Grouer andrew Lane Joseph Thurston 3 Chosen moneters for said
meeting."
"September 25 Day 1780 in Parish meeting assembeled. Maid Choice of
Mr Francis Pool Mf andrew Lane and Cap^ Mark Pool a Committ to Settel
with all the old Collecters and treasurers and to Settel with Mr CleaueLands
attoruney the whole that is Due to him and to take a reCept in full for the
same . ' '
"September 5 Day 1781 Voted to Mr Francis Pool Andrew Lane Capt
224 James Lane and Descendants.
Mark Pool a Committe to Settel with all the old Collecters and treasurers and
to Settel with and Pay of mr CleaueLand his whole Due."
"Glouster March iSt'^ 1782 The Parish mate. Caleb Norwood & Stephen
Pool & Andrew Lane Chosen parish Comite & parish assesers also."
"July the 3 1786. at the Parish Meeting Assembled Chose Capt Mark
Pool Leut Ben. Tarr & And^ Lane Parish Committe & Sessors for th Current
year & Sworn."
Capt Andrew Lane died in 1791, ae. 45 years. Administration
on his estate was granted to Sarah Lane, July 4, 1791. Inventory
taken, Dec. 10, 1791, returned, Feb. 6, 1792, included dwelling-
house formerly belonging to Mr. Job Lane deceased, barn, cattle,
tillage, pasture and woodland, fish-house at Long cove, Sandy Bay,
flakes, sheep-shear' boat of about ten tons. Dower was set off to
his widow, Sarah Lane, now Todd, Jan. 4, 1802. Account of
administration was allowed Apr. 5, 1802. A son, Charles, had
died and the estate was apportioned to the other children, Sally
Clark, Nancy Tarr, Andrew Lane, Lucy Lane, Polly Woodbury
and George Lane.
Children :
I. MoLLY-'^, b. 2 Apr., bap. 26 Aug., 1770.
IL Andrew^ b. 26 July, bap. 8 Aug., 1772.
By second marriage :
62. IIL Andrew"^, bap. 14 June, 1778, m. Dorcas Poole.
63. ^y. George-'', b. 13, bap. 27 Feb., 17S0, m. Lucv Tarr
and Sally Goss.
V. Sally'', bap. 1782, ent. int. of m. 20 Dec, 1799, with Henry
Clark of Gloucester, Mass.
VL Charles'', bap. 20 July, 1788, d. before his father.
Vn. Nancy'\ ent. int. of m. 26 Apr., 1800, with Charles Tarr
of Gloucester.
MIL LucY^, a minor, age 16, had guardian John Lees ap-
pointed Feb. I, 1802.
IX. Polly -^j m Walter Woodbury, pub. 3, and m. 29 Nov.,
1 7 88, by Rev. Eli Forbes.
Family Twenty- Seven. 225
26.
SAMUEL LANE^ (SamueF---^, Jamesi), 1723-1804, b. Glou-
cester, Mass., 7 July, bap. 4 Aug., 1723, by Rev. John White of
First church, Gloucester. He m. 17 May, 1743, by Rev. Benja-
min Bradstreet, DELIVERANCE POOL, m. n. Giddings, wid.
of Joshua, son of John Pool. They lived at Gloucester Harbor.
She d. 5 June, 1768, ae. 61 years. He bought land at Gloucester
of Daniel Rogers, Mar. 31, 1790. Adm. on goods and estate of
Samuel Lane, late of Gloucester, mariner, was granted to Henry
Bates, Mar. 27, 1804.
Children :
64. L Stephen'', b. 8 Aug., bap. 2 Oct., 1743, m. Ann Has-
kell.
n. Joseph'', bap. 16 ^Lar., 1745-6.
HL GH)r)iNGS^, bap. 28 Aug., 1747.
IV. John''', b. 20, bap. 26 Aug., 1750.
V. AiiiGAiL'', b. 9 Nov., bap. 9 Dec, 1753 or 4.
VI. Timothy-"', b. 8, bap. 13 Feb., 1757.
VII. Jl'ditH'\ b. 15, bap. 23 July, 1758.
VIII. Iammy-^, bap. 3 Aug., 1760; ent. int. of m. 17 June, and
m. 30 June, 1786, William Allen; he b. Gloucester, 24 Apr.,
1758. Children b. in Gloucester :
1. George, 1). 14 Nov., 1786, d. at sea.
2. Nabby La7ie, h. 4 Sept., 1788.
3. Emily, b. 27 July, 1790.
27.
ZEBULON LANE-* (SamueF-^, James^) b. Annisquam, Glou-
cester, Mass., I July, 1729, ent. int. of m. 29 Mar., 1750, with
HANNAH COGSWELL of Ipswich, Mass., res. Gloucester Har-
bor.
"Zebu. Lane and wife spent the evening here. 1755, March 12.
Went to see Zeb. Lanes wife who is infirm." — Journal of Rev.
Samuel Chandlei'.
226 James Lane and Descendants.
]\Ir. Lane was a soldier in Capt. Aliraham Dodge's Ipswich Co.,
April, May and June, 1775. The company was encamped within
sight of Bunker Hill with a number of men voluntarily in the
fight.
''Prospect Hill, Dec. 29, 1775. Rec'd of Capt. Abraham Dodge
the Sum of Twenty five Shillings for my Coat money. Each of us
whose names are hear under Sined who Belongs to the s^ Dodge's
Company in the Continental armey :
Zep.elen Lane," 16 names.
Children :
L Daniel-^, bap. 7 July, 1751, by Rev. John White, First church,
Gloucester.
H. Hannah-'"^, bap. 18 Nov., 1753.
IIL Anna^, bap. 28 Sept., 1755, ent. int. of m. 25 Nov., 1784,
with Stephen Haskell.
28.
DANIEL LANE'^ (Samuel^--, James^), was born in Gloucester,
Mass., and baptized 5 Jan., 1734-5. He entered intention of
marriage, 14 Sept., and m. 17 Sept., 1761, MARY I>ANE, by
Rev. Ebenezer Cleaveland of the Fifth parish, Gloucester. Daniel
Lane was a blacksmith by trade and moved to New Gloucester,
Me., where, in 1770, he subscribed ^10 towards building the
meeting-house, and where with wife, Mary, he sold to Joseph
Lane, Jr., of Gloucester, Mass., for ^30, 13, 4, Jan. i, 1772, sixty
acre lot. No. 5, in supplement to 2d Division, New Gloucester.
He was of Bakerstown, Me., Aug. 18, 1773, and bought of Samuel
Gerrish of Newbury, Mass., one-half of a hundred acre lot. No. 68,
upon Little Androscoggin river. He was the second settler in
Minot, Me., 1773.
Daniel Lane entered the Naval service from Gloucester, Mass., as a privateer
in the war of the Revolution and was taken captive to Eni^land. When sick
on board the ship Buford of 70 guns, he was ordered by its humane British
commander, George Bowyers, Feb. 15, 1777, to ])e transfered to the royal
Fa:mily Twei^ty- Eight. 227
hospital, Plymouth, England, and remained in hospital from April i, to May
7, 1777. — Gen. Rci:;. J2 : 4j, 44. The crew of sloop Charming Polly was
captured, May 16, 1777, and committed to Mill Prison in Plymouth harbor,
and Daniel Lane was reported "escaped." Capt. John Lane sailed from
Newburyport, Mass., in the brigantine Fancy, and was captured by the British,
Aug. 7, 1777, his crew committed to prison and Daniel Lane was "ex-
changed." Among the prisoners remaining in Old Mill, Feb. 7, 1779, were
Capt. John Lane and Daniel Lane, who was transfered to Forten Gaol about
one mile out of Portsmouth, England, Apr. 19, 1779, and reported "dead."
Tradition relates how Daniel Lane dug out of prison under ground of the
street and was given a shirt by a friendly Englishman, in which he escaped
and was afterwards robed for burial. Joseph Appleby of Rowley, Mass., was
a soldier in Capt. Daniel Lane's company. Col. Brooks' 7th Regiment Con-
tinental Army pay accounts for service from Feb. 28, 1778, to Dec. 31, 1779.
After his service in the Revolution, Mr. Lane was styled "Captain" and
returned to his family at Leeds, Me. Here he sold the Gerrish place, May 2,
1 78 1, to John Piatt of Andover Mass. — Cumb. Co. Deeds.
He was a remarkably fine workman in iron and wood, and some
nicely constructed scales made by him were stored in the attic of
his son, Peter Lane's house, as late as 1820. His widow died at
the home of their son, Peter, her honey-dish on the top shelf of the
cupboard being the source of many sweet lunches for the grand-
children. Five sons settled on adjoining farms on the west side of
Androscoggin Lake and a sixth son, the next Range south.
Children :
L M.\Rv'', bap. Sandy Bay, Gloucester, Mass., 24 Oct., 1762,
m. Stephen, son of Jonathan and Alice (Eastcott) Rowe of Dan-
ville, Me. Ten children.
65. n. Daniel^ bap. Annisquam, 2 1 Aug., 1763, m. Eunice
Verrill and Ruth Platt.
HL Judith-^ b. 22 Sept., bap. 13- Oct., 1765, m. Gloucester,
Mass. She m. first, Capt. Edward Jones, a Revolutionary soldier ;
m. second, 1821, Joseph Leavitt, and d. in Leeds, Me., 7 Jan.,
1 85 6. Children born in Leeds :
I. Betsey, b. 7 Apr., 1787, m. 9 July, 1807, William A. Day.
1. Lydia, b. I Mar., 1789, m. 25 Sept., 1806, Benjamin Gilbert, and d.
6 Apr., 1872.
3. Isaac, b. 20 Mar., I 791, m. 16 xA.ug., 1815, Hannah Beats.
4. Sally, b. 7 June, 1793.
5. Judith, b. 4 Oct., 1795, m. 30 Apr., 1S15, John Beats.
228 James Lane and Descendants.
6. Eihvard^ b, 29 Dec, 1798, m. 16 Dec, 1820, Fanny I.ant^ (Giddings^,
Daniel"*, SamueP-, James'). A child, Mary Ann, m. Capt. Nichols of Sears-
port, Me.
7, Charlotte, b. 15 May, 1 800, m. 19 Dec, 1 824, Jesse Lauc^ (Peter^,
Daniel*, SamueP'^, James*), and d. 9 Apr., 1881.
8. Daniel L., m. 1833, Sainyntha Lane^ (Peter', Daniel"*).
9, Alfred, never married.
66. IV. James'', b. 26 Sept., 1767, m. Abigail Leadbetter.
67. V. Giddings^ b. 5, bap. 27 May, 1770, m. Jemima Nor-
RISS.
68. VI. Elias'', bap. 19 Apr., 1772, m. Mary Lawrence and
Abbie Brown.
VII. Lydia-'', b. 3 Apr., 1774, m. 17 Jan., 1791, Nathaniel,
son of Jonathan and Martha (Springer) Norcross of Hallowell,
Me., and d. 5 Mar., 1853. He b. in Bath, Me., 12 June, 1769,
and d. 5 May, 1843. Nine children born in Hallowell :
1. Polly b. 5 July, 1795, ^'^- I<^habod Yeaton of Richmond, Me., and had a
large family.
2. David, b. 8 July, 1 797, was drowned in Kennebec river when young.
3. Adna, b. n Mar., 1799, had 4 or 5 wives and many children,
4. Philip, b. 8 Dec, 1800, m. his cousin, Judith Lane^ (Peter-'*, Daniel^
SamueP"^, James').
5. Gideon, b. 26 June, 1804, twice m.
6. Fanny, b. 8 Mar., 1807, m. first, John Abee, second, James IVood-
bridge. No children.
7. Livonia, b. 22 Aug., 1809, m. Rnfns L. Choate, had 7 children and d.
9 Aug., 188S.
8. Oliver D.,h. 7 Apr., 181 1, m. Diana Choate, had 3 children and d. 29
Oct., 1888.
9. Martha, b. ii Nov., 1812, m. first George Riley, second, , and
had a large family in the West.
69. VIII. Peter-'', b. 1776, m. Lois Verrill and Grace Tur-
ner.
70. IX. Samuel^ m. Judith Verrill and Frances Nye.
29.
ISSACHER LANE^ (SamueP-^, James^), was b. in Gloucester,
Mass., IT, and baji. 17 June, 1739. He ent. int. of m. with
MARV HODGKINS, 15 Mar., 1760.
Family Thirty. 229
Children born in Gloucester :
71. I. IssACHER^*, bap. 2 1 Dec, 1760, at Fourth church, Glou-
cester, m. Susan Hall.
72. II. Benjamin-^ b. 31 July, bap. i Aug., 1762, m. Margaret
Hall.
HI. J(JSEPH-'', bap. 19 Aug., 1764.
IV. Marv'', bap. 24 Aug., 1766.
30.
NICHOLAS LANE5, (Wilham^ James^ John^, James'), was
born in Gloucester, Mass., 18 July, and bap. 6 Aug., 1749; served
an apprenticeship as sailmaker together with his cousin Levi Lane^
(Josiah^, James'\ John-, James') ; m. 10 Mar., 1771, by Rev. S.
Chandler, NANCY 15KZOIL, dau. of William Bezoil. Mr. Lane
appears to have been the sailmaker of Salem, Mass., who left
widow, Mary, in 181 5.
He was appointed guardian to his children, Dec. 4, 1804 — to Lydia, age
17, Harriot, age 15, Priscilla, age 13, Anstice, age 1 1, and John, age 9.
Lydia and Harriot each acknowledged the receipt of $100 from their father
and guardian, Oct. 12, 1808. Administration on his estate was granted to
William Lane of Salem, Oct. 30, 1815. Inventory, taken Dec. 15, 1815, and
returned Jan. 2, 1S16, included a mansion house and store with land. Mary
Lane, widow, received allowance, Jan. 7, 181 7. Anstice P. Lane and John
Lane released the estate of their father and guardian, Aug. 23, 181 7. Estate
sold, May 12, 181 7. Account of adm. accepted, May 19, 1818.
» Children born in Salem, Mass. :
I. Nancy Bezoil^, bap. lo Xo\-., 1771.
73. 11- Willl\m^', bap. 14 Mar., 1773, m. Elizabeth Bro\vts\
III. Mary^, bap. 12 Mar., 1775.
IV. Sarah^, m. Nathaniel Delano, son of William Delano ; he
b. in Pembroke, Mass., 6 Apr., 1777, and d. in Charlestown, Mass.,
6 Oct., 1830. Their children :
1. Sarah, b. Salem, 26 June, 1800, m. William Ross.
2. Xaihamel, b. 14 July, 1801, m. Sarah Gray Thompson.
3. Mary Lane, b. 10 Nov., 1802, d. 3 Aug., 1809.
4. Benjamin, b. 7 May, 1805, m.
230 James Lane and Descendants.
5. William Laiic, b. 27 Nov., 1807, unm,, d. in Boston, Mass.
6. AHcholas Lane, b. 27 Nov., 1807, m. Anna Matilda Hill, and d.
Maiden, Mass. Anna M. Lane, executrix, presented her first and final ac-
count, Jan. II, 1893.
7. Joseph, b. Pembroke, 27 Oct., 1811, m. Eliza Jane Hayden.
8. Ichabod, b. Charlestown, 14 July, 181 7, d. 18 July, 181 7.
V. Betsey^, bap. North church, Salem, 11 Feb., 1781.
VL Lydia^, bap. First church, 8 Sept., 1782.
By wife Mary, baptisms at East church, Salem :
VIL Lydia6, bap. 12 Mar., 1786.
YIIL Harriet*^', bap. 4 Feb., 1788.
IX. Priscilla^, bap. 23 Jan., 1791.
X. Anstiss P.^, bap. 6 Jan., 1793.
74. XL JoHN^, bap. 30 Aug., 1795, m. Hannah Fellows.
XIL NiCHOLAs'^', bap. 5 Mar., 1803.
31.
JAMES LANE-^ (Josiah^ James^ John^ James^), was b. at
Annisquam, Gloucester, Mass., 8 June, and ba}). 14 June, 1747.
He m. by Rev. John Rogers, 13 Dec, 1770, HANNAH ROBIN-
SON.
Children :
I. James", b. 17 Sept., bap. 10 Nov., 1771; ent. int. of m. i
Dec, and m. 16 Dec, 1792, by Rev. Kli Forbes, Polly Brady;
she admitted to the church in Annisquam, June 18, 1793. Their
daughter :
I. ElizahetJi^ , d. 15 Dec, 1848, ne. 27 years.
II. Hannah", b. 6, bap. 8 Aug., 1777.
III. Abigail^, b. 14, bap. 15 Mar., 1778.
32.
JOSL-\H LANE^^ (Josiah^ James-', John-, James'), bap. Annis-
quam, C;ioucester, Mass., 11 Dec, 1748, ent. int. of m. with
JERUSHA STEVENS, 19 Dec, 1769. Son:
75. L losiAH", b. 15 Jan., 1771, m. Abigail Rowe Cle.\ves.
Family Thirty-Three. 231
33.
ISAAC LANE-\ (Josiah^ James-'^, John-, james^), 1750 ,
bap. Annisquam, Gloucester, Mass., 11 Nov., 1750, mariner, re-
sided at Gray, 1781, and Falmouth, Me., 1793, and at Charles-
town, Mass., 1800.
He paid Ebenezer Davis 61 pounds, 10 shillings, Nov. 20, 1 781, for 51 1-2
acres in Lot I, Division 3, in Gray. — 16: 42^. He paid Nathaniel House
18 pounds, L. M., Oct. 10, 1784, for 103 acres of land in Gray. Deed ac-
knowledged Dec. 25, 1786. — 16: 424. He paid Jabez Mathews 25 pounds
for 103 acres of land in Gray, Feb. 9, 1789. — 16: 42J. With wife, Jerusha,
he sold to James Lakin for 30 pounds, Apr. 4, 1789, 5 1-2 acres of Lot 5,
Division 3, in Gray. — ib : ^og. He paid Greenfield Pote 135 pounds, Jan. 4,
1793, for 10 or II acres of land in Falmouth. — ig : ^og. He and wife,
Jerusha Lane, sold to John Trow, for 60 pounds, Apr. 30, 1795, the home-
stead of Solomon Mitchel, consisting of a house, barn and one-fourth acre of
land in North Yarmouth. — 24: ^jj. He sold to his son, Levi Lane, for $550,
Oct. 4, 1797, 129 acres of land in Gray, it being half of Lots 5 and 3, and 1-4
of lot No. I. — 28: 2gj. Indenture made Nov. 24, 1800, between Isaac
Lane, mariner, and Levi Lane, yeoman, both of Gray, who held, in common,
Lots I, 3 and 5, in Gray, which they now divide between themselves. Signed,
Isaac Lane, Levi Lane. — J4 : ii']. Isaac Lane conveyed to his daughter,
Lucy Lane Hincks, Dec. 4, 1802, lands in Lots i, 3 and 5, Division 3, in
Gray.— J9.- 5^9.
Isaac Lane m. 20 Dec, 1771, by Rev. Mr. Chandler, DORCAS
BEN NET, who d. at New Gloucester, Me., at the age of 27 years.
He also had wife, JERUSHA .
"Isaac Lane of Charlestown, Co. of Middlesex, mariner, and Jerusha his
wife, have agreed to separate and not inhabit as man and wife. In considera-
tion of which Levi Lane of Boston, Co. of Suffolk, sailmaker, hath given a
deed of a dwelling-house and land in Charlestown to Abraham Peirce of New
Gloucester, conditioned for the payment of 104 dollars per anmim to the
said Jerusha, during her life, to be paid quarterly, secured by a mortgage of
land in Charlestown to said Peirce, in consideration of which said Jerusha
agrees not to trouble or molest said Isaac and not to contract any debts, Sept.
20, 1800."
"Jerusha Lane wife of Isaac Lane formerly of Gray, since of Falmouth,
now of Charlestown Co. Middlesex, mariner, in consideration of the provision
made for me in this present year 1800, to be paid by Levi Lane of Boston,
sailmaker,^ do quit and release to him, the said Isaac, my right of dower in
Pote's Point in Falmouth, Oct. 28, 1800. Acknowledged and consented to
232 James Lane and Descendants.
for the sum of $i.oo in favor Jonathan Paine, Jr., Sept. 29, 1801." — Cumber-
land Co. Deeds.
Children :
76. I. Isaac, Jr.^, b. 19 Sept., 1772, m. Esther Cook.
II. Ebenezer Davis'^, a seaman, d. young.
77. III. Levi^, bap. 30 Apr., 1775, m. Sarah Hicks.
IV. Dorcas*^, bap. 17 Aug., 1777.
V. Betty^, bap. 7 May, 1780.
VI. Lucy Laxe*'-Hicks, received of her parents "in considera-
tion of the natural affection we have," Dec. 4, 1802, parts of Lots
I, 3 and 5 of the Third Division in Gray, "to come into possession
after our decease."
34.
THEOPHILUS LANE^ (Josiah*, James^ John^, James'), was
b. in Annisquam, Gloucester, Mass., 9 July, and bap. 12 July,
1752. His widowed mother, Abigail Lane, was appointed his
guardian, Nov. 27, 1770. He was a shoemaker and went early in
life to North Yarmouth, Me., where he subscribed to a private
school, Mar. 27, 1770, agreeing to employ Dr. Elias Banks or
some other person to teach in district No. 7 for one month or
more and to pay his proportionable part of the cost.
Mr. Lane was published to, and m. SUSANNAH DAVIS, 20
Aug., 1774.
"Being out on the fishing ground in the spring of 1776 he was seized by an
English vessel and employed as a pilot to bring the craft into Gloucester bay.
He had assurefl the captain that Gloucester was in the hands of the British
and thus induced him to run into this port. Gloucester people went off to her
in sufficient number to overpower the crew and took possession of the vessel."
—J. J. Babson.
Theophilus Lane, with wife, REBECCA, sold to Thomas Went-
worth, tailor, for $180, June i, 1801, part of Lot 32, with buildings
in North Yarmouth, "which I purchased of Joseph Banks." Five
Family Thirty- Five. 233
other transfers of real estate by him are recorded between 1801
and 1 810.
Son :
I. Theophilus'^, m. Zeruiah Ring, widow of Benjamin Porter,
and dau. of Eleazer and OHve (Mitchel) Ring; she b. 7 Oct.,
1792, and d. 12 Nov., 1867. Child:
I, Jane True', h. 5 July, 18 — .
Theophilus Lane, m. Eliza, m. n. Porter, her second m. ; she b.
about 1827, dau. of Benjamin and Zeruiah (King) Porter.
35.
LE\'I LANE, EsQ.-^ (Josiah^, James=^, John-, Jamesi), 1754-
1806, was born at Annisquam, 3 Nov., and bap. at Bay View,
Gloucester, Mass., 10 Nov., 1754. He and his cousin, Nicholas
Lane"* (William^ James-^ John-, James^), served apprenticeship
together as sailmakers.
Levi Lane was a soldier under Capt. Nathaniel Warner at the battle of
Bunker Hill. Capt. Warner's company marched from Gloucester to Cam-
bridge in the latter part of May. On the morning of the attack by the British
forces, the company made a rapid march to Charlestown, crossed the pen-
insula under fire, and was ordered by Gen. Israel Putnam to the redoubt and
then to the left towards the rail fence. — J. J. Bahson.
While still a young man, Mr. Lane visited France and returned in company
with Marquis de Lafayette, who came to join the American Colonies in the
spring of 1777. lie was a member of St. Andrew's Lodge of Free Masons,
and there was forwarded to him from France "a blue pitcher with gold letters,
with his own name and that of all the prominent members of the lodge and
fraternity, etc." — Abigail Perry.
Mr. Lane's place of business as a sailmaker ami merchant w^as near Clinton
street, Boston, Mass. "He w^as a sailmaker of wide repute, made the best
sails that went out of Boston, made sails for my great grandfather, John Browne
of Providence, R. I., who was a noted merchant in his day whose ships sailed
all over the world." — LeT.ois Herreshoff.
He became a leading merchant and shipowner, losing some vessels about
1800, by French spoliation. He was a pew owner and prominently connected
with the First Universalist church at the corner of North Bennett and Hanover
streets with his residence on Pine street, Boston. He was allowed claims
against the estate of Solomon Lane, Gloucester, Nov. 5, 1799, and was party
to two transfers of real estate in Cumberland Co., Me., 1 798-1800.
234 James Lane and Descendants.
4
Levi Lane, Esq., entered intention of marriage with ELIZA-
BETH GYLES of Boston, May i, 1778 ; she died the same Tues-
day in April, 1795, with her mother, the widow Mary (Maverick)
Giles, a descendant of Samuel Maverick the grantee of Noddle's
Island. Six weeks after the death of his first wife, Mr. Lane m.
second, SUSANNAH (Newman) LANE, the widow of Master
Oliver Wellington Lane-'' (James^-^, John^, Job'). Levi Lane d.
23 June, 1806, and was buried at Copps Hill, Boston, where his
stone may be seen, 1899. His widow, Susanna Lane, administered
on his estate. Inventory $19,406.90, comprised mansion-house
on Pine street, three dwelling houses, blacksmith's shop, cooper's
shop, large store and wood wharf, near Fish street, pew in First
Universalist church and 75 acres of land in Augusta, Me.
Susanna (Newman) Lane brought into Levi Lane's family four
children by Oliver WeUington Lane, and she had four children by
Levi Lane. This is especially noted in order to distinguish her
children by each marriage. Her estate was settled in Suffolk
Probate Court in 1842. Her heirs appear to have been Mary W.
Clark, Susan N. Buffum and Hannah (Lane) Braynard. The
names of children, John, Harriet and Francis, do not appear in the
probate papers ; they had died.
Children of Levi Lane by first marriage :
78. 1. Betsey'^^ b. 26 Jan., 1779, m. Capt. Benjamin Proctor.
11. Francis^, b. 15 June, 1780, was made a Free Mason in the
West Indies and d. at the age of 1 7 years.
79. III. Abigail^, b. 15 Feb., 1782, m. Iitai Perry.
80. IV. Polly'', b. 4 Mar., 1784, m. Capt. Nathan Frye.
81. V. Nancv^, b. 21 June, 1786, m. Joseph Warren Lewis.
VI. Sally6, b. 21 Mar., 1788.
VII. Levi'', b. and d. 11 July, 1790.
VIII. Levi''', b. 24 Sept., 1791, is supposed to have been lost at
sea with his brother-in-law, Capt. Benjamin Proctor.
Children of Levi Lane and his second wife :
IX. Hannah'', b. 28 Apr., 1796, m. Selden Braynard of Boston,
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236 James Lane and Descendants.
but Mrs. I-ane died, while her dau. Mary took the fever and never
fully recovered. Mrs. Lane was buried in the old cemetery at
North Yarmouth.
She was descended from Philip Griffin, the ancestor of the numerous and
influential Gloucester family. Mary Griffin m. William Babson and was the
mother of Hon, John J. BaVjson, the historian of Gloucester. The Annisquam
church records say of Samuel Griffin, "He was a member of the church many
years and was well esteemed. He was firm and unshaken in the doctrines of
free grace in an exalted Divine Redeemer and Saviour."
Capt. Lane m. second, 8 July, 1800, Mrs. HANNAH WYMAN
of North Yarmouth. She was the 381st member of the First
church in North Yarmouth and joined by public profession of faith,
July 24, 1 791. They moved to a farm at Minot Corner, Me., and
in June, 181 8, to South Paris, Me. She died in 1820, se. 65 years.
He was published, 10 Nov., and m. third, 5 Dec, 1822, widow
BETSEY GAMMON of South Paris, who died 31 Mar., 1825, ^.
63 years.
Francis Lane of North Yarmouth, sold to Jabez Cushman for $500,00, Jan.
16, 1802, 64 acres and 93 rods in the 281 squadron No. 9 in the gore, "the
place where I now live," He paid Ichabod Benson, $330.00, Apr. 27, 1802,
for 50 acres of land. Lot 78, in Minot. Francis Lane of Minot and Hannah
Lane his wife in her right, sold to Leonard P. Woodbury for $475.00, June
26, 1818, Lot 78 in Minot with the buildings thereon. He was party to sale
of real estate eight times between 1801 and 1818, — Ciunb. Co. Records.
Capt. Lane had a strong attachment for the place of his nativity
and visited Gloucester on a fishing trip every season, Aug. to Nov.,
till a short time before his death, at the house of his dau., Mrs.
Susan Ripley, 30 Nov,, 1829, ae. 73 years. He was rather small in
stature with light complexion, blue eyes and delicate constitution, —
soldier, scholar and gentleman. With his last two wives he was
buried in the Robinson neighborhood near South Paris, Me. The
grave of this soldier and pensioner of the Revolution, unmarked
and forgotten for many years, was at length discovered and marked
by a suitable marble headstone with appropriate inscriptions by
his grandson, Samuel Richards, Jr., at his own expense, he "not
thinking it right to have a soldier of Bunker Hill sleep in a lost
and fors;otten erave."
MARY LANE RICHARDS.
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238 James Lane and Descendants.
2. JoJui S., b. 30 Nov., 1823, m. Phebc lunoe, res. North Turner Bridge,
Me., and d. 8 May, 1876. Children:
i) Charles Albert, b. 9 Oct., 1851. 2) John Francis, 1j, 24 Oct., 1853,
res. Norway, Me. 3) Orinton L., d. 2 Aug., 1858, k. 2 yrs., 10 ms. 4)
Emily J., d. 26 July, 1863, ?e. 4 yrs., 5 ms., 7 ds.
3. Mary Lane, b. 21 Oct., 1824, m. Benjamin Franklin Pearson and had:
i) George Frank, b. 20 May, 1858, m. and had son b. al)out 1880. 2)
Lewis Webster, b. 22 Apr., i860, m. and lost his wife, res. Campello, Mass.
4. George, d. 5. Francis.
6. Martha Ann, b. 19 Feb., 1832, d. 9 Nov., 1846, ce. 14 yrs., 8 ms.
"She said :
'Jesus can make a dying bed
Feel soft as downy pillows are.
While on his breast I lean my head
And breathe my life out sweetly there.'
Thus sleeps her dust beneath the sod,
Her soul ascended to her God;
There tears of grief forever cease.
In that eternal world of peace."
37.
MARK LANE^ (Josiah^ James^, John^, James',) 1 762-1 824,
bap. Annisquam, Mass., 10 Jan., 1762, was pub. 11 Dec, 1801,
and m. ESTHER (lOTT, who d. of pleurisy, 9 July, 1827. He
d. of consumption, 15 June, 1826, ae. 62 years, and lies buried in
the corner of Annisquam burying ground near Parson Learned's
grave.
Children :
L Esther'^, m. 13 Dec, 182 1, by Rev. Ezra Learned, John
LriTLE Griffin, and resided at Annisquam.
84. n. Mark^, b. 28 June, bap. 28 July, 1804, m. Clemen-
tina Young.
IIL Judith^, bap. Oct., 1S07, m. 10 Dec, 1822, James Lane
of Annisquam and d. 21 Nov., 1825, ae. 19 years.
85. IV. George Washington^, b. 181 2, m. Thomazine
Thursion.
V. Louisa^, d. unm. 6 July, 1874, ae. 51 years.
Family Thirty- Eight. 239
VI. John K.", mariner, m. first, Butler, second, Ann
Maria Griffin, and d. at Squam Point, Gloucester, 23 Apr., 1857,
ae. 35 years.
VII. Leyi*^, master-mate of sloop of war Dale. Capt. Levi Lane
was the youngest son of Mark Lane. He had three daughters and
one son. The oldest child was Lucretia A'.', who m. Isaac Bourne,
lived in Whitman, Mass., and had son, Isaac, b. 1867.
38.
DAVID LANE^' (David^, John^^--, Jamesi), 1750-1825, born
Lanesville, Gloucester, Mass., i Dec, 1750. Tradition relates
that he was a soldier in the Revolution, captured and carried to
Halifax, Nova Scotia. He escaped and swam on board a sloop
bound for Virginia, whence with a companion he returned on foot
to Gloucester.
He was monitor and collector for the Third Parish, Annisquam,
Mass., Mar. 20, 1779, parish committee 1788, sexton 1807.
He ent. int. 21 xAug., and m. 12 Nov., 1772, by Rev. Obadiah
Parsons, HANNAH MERCHANT. She was b. 17 Feb, 1754,
dau. of Daniel and Hannah (Woodbury) Merchant, and grand-
daughter of Jabez and Mary (Butman-Babson) Merchant, who
settled in Annisquam in 1721. Her ancestress, Mary Butman,
is supposed to have descended from John Robinson, pastor of
Plymouth Colony in 1620.
Capt. David Lane died 30 May, 1825, aged 74yrs., 5 ms., 28 ds.
"A husband kind, a father dear,
A sincere friend lies buried here."
— Tombstone.
Mrs. Hannah Merchant Lane joined the church at Lanesville,
July 31, 1774, and d. 30 Nov., 1840, aged 86 yrs., 9 ms., 13 ds.
Administration on the estate of Capt. David Lane was granted to Samuel
Lane, Esq., and appraisers were appointed Feb. 7, 1826. Inventory returned
May 2, 1829, $3815.26. Allowance to Hannah Lane, widow, May 5, 1829,
and dowry, Oct. 5, 1830. Division of estate Aug. 2, 1831, to Hannah Lane,
widow, David Lane, Epes Lane, Samuel Lane, Hannah Young, and legal
240 James Lane and Descendants.
representatives of John Lane, Polly Lane and Caroline Tucker. Administra-
tor's accounts presented Nov. I, 1830, and May 3, 1831, and third account
allowed May 14, 1833. The dwelling-house of Capt. David Lane was stand-
ing in good condition in 1900, and, across the way, the sweet apple tree on
which he dressed his sheep, since called "the mutton tree."
Children :
86. I. JoHN^, bap. 21 Aug., 1774, had wife Esther White.
87. II. David'5, bap. 14 July, 1776, had wives Nabby Lane
and Mary Cook.
88. III. Epes'^, b. 10, bap. 19 Apr., 1778, had wives Susanna
Young and Sally Humphrey Woodbury.
IV. Hannah^, bap. 4 June, 1780, ent int. 2 Nov., and m. 6
Dec, 1798, Daniel Young of Rockport, Mass., who d. 19 Dec,
1848, 36. 75 years. Their children.
1. ydhn b. I Aug., 1799, m. Sally Tarr.
2. Judith /., b. 12 May, 1801, d. unm.
3. Hannah /,., b. 27 Aug., 1803, m. Reuben Tarr. Their dau. Sophia
A., b. 21 June, 1832, m. 15 Jan., 1865, Francis Jackson of Lanesville, and
had:
i) Ethel S., b. 20 Aug., 1867. 2) Francis A., b. 17 Jan., 1874. 3)
Martha A., b. 27 Feb., 1876.
4. William^ b. 11 Apr., 1805, m. Sophia Tarr.
5. Daniel^ b. 14 Mar., 1807, m. Angella Knoxullon.
6. Adelaide, b. 14 Mar., 1807, m. Joshua linker.
7. Henry, b. 2 Sept., 1810, m. Caroline Tucker.
8. Samuel Lane, M. D., b. 3 Jan., 1813, graduated Bowdoin College,
1840, and Harvard Medical School, 1852, practised medicine at Marblehead,
Mass., marine hospital, Rainsford Island, alms house, Bridgewater, Mass.,
Lanesville, Mass., and South Portland, Me. He was an ardent Republican
and reformer. He m. first, Emily Tarr of Rockport, Mass., by whom he
had Alia Frances, b. 28 Jan., 1868, teacher High school, Charlestown, Mass.;
m. second, Mary C. Mariner, of Cape Elizabeth, Me., where he d. of
apoplexy, 19 Apr., 1893, ce. 80 yrs., 3 ms. 16 ds.
9. Stcsan, b. 23 Jan., 1815, d. unm.
10. Augusta, \ b. II Dec, 1817.
11. Franklin, >- triplets, 1). 12 Dec, 181 7, d. x. 7 yrs.
12. Warren, J !'• 13 Dec, 1817, m. Betsey Dodd.
13. David L., b. 4 Feb., 1820.
14. Frederick, b. 5 Feb., 1822, m. Ruhamah Holmes.
15. Abigail, b. II Aug., 1824.
16. Franklin, b. 6 July, 1827, m. at Newry, Me., and d. 1892, oe. 65 years.
89. V. Samuel'% bap. 27 Apr., 1794, had wives Sallv W. Har-
raden and Martha Dennison.
Family Forty. 241
VI. Polly'^, m. William Lane-'' (Solomon^, Joseph-'^, John-,
James').
VII. Caroline^, m. Sept., 1813, by Rev. Ezra Learned, Joshua
Tucker, and d. before 1831, leaving children heirs to her father's
estate :
1. Joshua , m. Catherine Young.
2. Mary Lane^ ni. Joshua Grijln.
3. Caroline, m. Henry Young.
4. Daughter, d. young.
39.
CALEB LANE^ (Joseph^-^"^, John-, James^), ent. int. of m. ro
Dec, 1782, and m. 2 Jan., 1783, by Rev. Eli Forbes, ABIAH
SAVILLE, dau. of Jesse and Martha Saville. They resided in
Annisquam, Gloucester, Mass.
Children :
I. John Savillf/', b. 19 Apr., 17S5, d. at Gloucester, i May,
187 1, ae. 86 years. Their child :
I. John S. Lane, Jr.^, m. Mehitable, and had:
i) Rodney^, b. i Nov., 1839.
2) Matilda"*, b. 22 June, 1842, d. 6 Oct., 1843.
3) John Preston^, b. 4 Oct., 1843, d. 23 Oct., 1844, oe. i yr., 19 ds.
90. II. Joseph^', b. i May, 1787, m. Lucv Gott.
III. xAndrew^, b. 5 June, bap. 4 Oct., 1789.
9J^ IV. William Saville,^, b. 5 Sept., bap. 6 Nov., 1791, m.
Sally Lane.
v.* Charles^, b. 7 Sept., 1796, bap. by Rev. Gilbert Wilkes.
VI. Eliza^, bap. 3 July, 1799.
VII. Hepsibah^, b. 21 Nov., 1802.
VIII. Adaline'^, b. 4 Apr., bap. 29 June, 1806.
92. IX. Theodore^, b. 24 Jan., 1808, m. Clarissa Lowe.
40.
GIDEON LANE-^ (Joseph^-^, John^ James^), born Annisquam,
Gloucester, Mass., ent. int. of m. 8 Mar., 1796, with ANNA
242 James Lane and Descendants.
GRIFFIN, who d. 7 June, 182 1 ; m. second, 10 Dec, 1822, by
Rev. Ezra Learned, HANNAH LANE, who d. 29 Mar., 1848, ae.
62 yrs., 4 ms., 15 ds. Interred at Gloucester, ]\Iass.
Children :
93. I. Gideon^, b. 10 Dec, 1798, bap. 3 July, 1799, m.
Abigail Gott.
II. Jude Griffin*', bap. 29 x\ug., 1801.
94. III. Samuel Robinson^, b. 6 June, 1806, m. Martha
Watson. ^
IV. Anna^, m. David Lurvey.
V. Others^', d. young.
41.
CALEB LANE, Jr.-'^ (Caleb^, Joseph^ John^, Jamesi), 1759-
1850, b. Lanesville, Mass., 23, and bap. 27 May, 1759. He was
a mariner in U. S. privateer service, captured by British forces
and committed from privateer "Alfred" to Forten gaol or prison
one mile from Portsmouth, Eng., July 18, 1778. Returned to
Gloucester, Mass., he was committee for settlement of estate of
Cornelius Lane, 1806, and surety for Aaron Lane, administrator
on estate of Wentworth R. Lane, Dec 4, 1809.
Mr. Lane ent. int. 28 Apr., and m. 3 May, 1804, by Rev. Daniel
Fuller, HANNAH BURNHAM' (Jonathan", and Ruth Haskell,
Simeon^ Thomas'*-"'^, John-, Thomas^), a family of Ipswich and
Essex, Mass.; she b. 29 Oct., 1765. Roth were admitted to the
church of Annisquam, Apr. 22, 1805. This pensioner of the
Revolution d. 5 Apr., 1850, ?e. 90 yrs., 10 ms., 12 ds. His wife
d. 18 Feb., 1843, ae. 76 years.
Children :
I. Hannah", bap. 28 Apr., 1805.
95. 11. David Saville", bap. June, 1807, m. Lvdia Ann
P^LWELL.
96. III. Lazarus", bap. 13 Aug., 1809, had wife Ruth.
Family Forty-Three. '243
42,
JOSEPH LAXE5 (Caleb\ Joseph^, John--\ James') was b. in
Annisquam, Gloucester, Mass., bap. 30 Noy., 1760. He was a
cordwainer at LanesYille and bought land in 1798. He m. 26
Feb., 1782, by ReY. Eli Forbes, JOANNA MORGAN and d. in-
testate, 1832, leaYing a widow Joanna to whom dower was as-
signed Apr. 21, 1835. Division of the estate was made Noy. 17,
1835, to Amos Griffin, to Andrew H. Langsford, to John S. Lane,
to Jonathan Harraden and to Mary Andrews.
Children :
I. Elizabeth'', bap. by Rev. William Williams of Casco Bay, d.
of old age 11 Sept., 1872, ae. 85 yrs., 8 ms., 24 ds.
n. Jane'', ent. int. of m. 27 Sept., 1800, with Jonathan Har-
raden of Gloucester.
HI. Mary'', m. 22 Noy., 1807, by ReY. E. Learned, Stephen
Andrews.
IV. Lucy'^, m. 26 Aug., 1 8 10, Amos Griffin.
V. Judith^, bap. 23 June, 1798, by Rev. Manassah Cutler, m.
21 July, 1 81 8, by Rev. Ezra Learned, Andrew H. L.\ngsford,
and d. before 1835, leaving minor children.
VL Joseph'^, bap. 1801, d. 12 Dec, 181 9, ae. 17 years; fell
overboard from his uncle Aaron Lane's vessel coming from the
eastward laden with wood.
Vn. John S.'', had wife Susan, and :
I. Soji"^ , b. 2 Oct., 1843.
43.
ZACHEUS LANE5, (Caleb^, Joseph^ JohnS, Jamesi), 1769-
18 19, b. Lanesville, Gloucester, Mass., 7 June, 1769, bap. 16 June,'
1 77 1, a fisherman at Bay View, Gloucester, ent. int. of m. 8 Nov.,
and m. 8 Dec, 1805, REBECCA MERCHANT^ by Rev. Ezra
Learned. She was b. Gloucester, 21 Sept., 1782, dau. of Jabez-"^
and Rebecca (Woodbury) Daniel-, Jabez', and d. 18 Jan., 1853,
244 Jamks Laxe and Descexdanis.
cC. 70 years, "having passed the allotted threescore and ten years."
He bought land in Squam parish of James Woodbury, Jan. 10, i 791,
and was surety for Aaron J.ane, adm. on the estate of Wentworth
Riggs Lane, Dec. 4, 1809.
Mr. Lane d. 2 ^lay, 18 19, ae. 48 years, of a singular disease. A
post morion examination by Dr. Israel B. Hovey showed that "the
outlet of the stomach had grown up and become chaliced."
Administration on his estate was granted to Rebecca Lane,
widow, Jan. 7, 1823. She received allowance Nov. 4, and dowry
Dec. 2, 1823.
Children :
L Rebecca'', b. 22 Apr., 1807, d. 26 July, 1849, ae. 42 yrs., 5
ms.
"The casket lies beneath the sod,
The gem it held has gone to God;
Death's messenger by Him was sent,
To carry back the treasure lent.
Afflicted friends great is your loss,
But God your path hath wisely crossed;
He only took what was his own,
Then should we say, 'Thy will be done.' "
11. Carolixe^, b. 29 Nov., 1809, bap. May, 18 10, by Rev.
Daniel Fuller.
97. IIL CvRUS^, b. 8 June, 1812, m. Sarah Rowe.
IV. SusAX Merchaxt^, b. 21 Oct., 1814, m. 13 Nov., 1831,
Israel Jerqued, and d. 17 Aug., 1854.
V. Betsey Merchaxt^', b. 26 July, 181 7, bap. 31 Oct., 18 19,
m. LzEKiEE Chard, a stage driver, and d. 12 Aug., 1889. She
was the mother of :
1. Chase Chard.
44.
SOLOMON LANE, Jr.-- (Solomon^ Joseph^ John^, James>),
I 765-181 7, was b. in .-^nnisquam, Gloucester, ^Lass., 21 Jan., and
bap. 24 Feb., 1765. He bought land in Squam parish of Jonathan
Harraden, Dec. 31, 1788, received bond from Cornelius Lane for
Family Forty- Five. 245
a portion in their father's estate, Mar. 7, 1S03, purchased of
Cornehus Lane his right in the fish house, 1806, and presented a
claim against his estate, 1808. He ent. int. 6 Feb., and m. 11
Mar., 1792, SALLY STANWOOD, by Rev. Ebenezer Cleaveland.
He d. intestate, 28 Aug., 1817, at the Point, Rockport, Mass.,
John Manning administrator, Jan. 19, 18 18. His widow was
buried 27 May, 18 18.
Their children :
L Sl'san'', bap. 27 Oct., 1799, d. 12 Sept., 1805.
n. Jacok Clark^, bap. 1801.
HL Nathaniel^, bap. 18 Aug., 1805, d. 19 Aug., 1805, k. 3
years.
1\'. Caroline'^ bap. 8 Sept., 1805.
V. FiTZ William'^, d 15 June, 18 18, ce. about 5 years.
45.
NATHANIEL LAXE'^ (Solomon*, Joseph^, John^, James*), was
b. Lanesville, Gloucester, Mass., 2, and bap. 9 Nov., 1766, by Rev.
John W'yeth. He had a claim against his father's estate, Nov. 5,
1799 ; received bonds from Cornelius Lane for a portion of their
father's estate. Mar. 7, 1803, presented a claim against his brother,
Cornelius Lane's estate, 1808. He ent. int. of m. with SARAH
WOODBL'RV, 19 Dec, 1795. They settled in New Gloucester,
]Me., whence they removed to Poland, Me. Here he resided 70
years and died at the advanced age -of 92 years. "Mr. Lane was a
good citizen and a worthy man. He was a great reader of the
Bible, having read it through in course eleven times, was a lifelong
Universalist." — Rev. Zxnas Tkonipson.
Children :
L Clar.V^, bap. Oct., 1798.
98. n. Nathaniel'^ b. 1802, m. Esther Sargent.
HI. Eli*', b. about 1806, unm., d. Gloucester, 30 July, 1884, ae.
78 yrs., 17 ds. Buried at Locust Grove, Lanesville.
246 James Lane and Descendants.
99. IV. Wentworth Riggs^', b. New Gloucester, JVIe., 20
Nov., 1807, m. Lavina Jordon.
V. Betsey Gideons^*, bap. 9 July, 1810.
100. VI. Lewis'^, b. Mar., 181 2, m. Sally T. Pool and
Laura A. Wadley.
46.
CORNELIUS LANE5, (Solomon^, Joseph^, John^, James'),
1 7 69-1 805, was b. in Annisquam, Gloucester, Mass., 24 Oct.,
1769, and bap.. 7 Jan., 1770. He was a fisherman, and received
two-thirds of his father's estate by giving bonds. Mar. 7, 1803, to
pay portions to other children and legal representatives. He ent.
int. of m. with LUCY HARRADEX, 18 Oct., 1793, and was
buried 9 July, 1805. Administration was granted to his widow,
Lucy Lane, Oct. 7, 1805 ; inventory, Oct. 14, 1805, mentions
dwelling-house and lands, fish house, nets, one-half of a two mast
boat, one right in school house on Harraden's Point, two-thirds of
a wall pew in Annisquam meeting-house, Bible, Testament and
hymn book; widow's dower set off Mar, 20, 1806; account of
adm. rendered, Oct. 6, 1806.
Children :
I. William Pitt^, bap. 3 July, 1799.
II. Ammi^, bap. 1 80 1.
III. Perhaps Cornelius*^. "Mr. Cornelius Lane of this town
and Miss Almira Smith of Belfast, Hancock County, were published
Jany 21^^ 1821; Certificate given 7 Feb., 1821." — Record Free-
port, Me.
47.
HUMPHREY LANE^^ (Solomon^ Joseph^ John^, James'), bap.
in Gloucester, Mass., 13 Oct., 1771 ; ent. int. of m. 11 Jan., 1797,
with SUSANNAH GREENLEAF of Newbury, Mass., received a
FaxMily Forty- Eight. 247
portion of his father's estate, Mar. 7, 1803, and presented a claim
against the estate of CorneHus Lane, 1808. Administration on the
estate of "Humphrey Lane last of Newburyport, mariner, who died
on or about Nov. 20, 1832," was granted to Philip Johnson of
Newbury, Dec. 11, 1832; inventory returned Mar. 12, 1833;
Mary P. Lane, widow, received allowance, Dec. 10, 1833, who
"has one son, Joseph Lane, only three years of age, whose nurture
and education will depend entirely upon her."
Children of Humphrey and Susan Lane :
L LiDEAY Davis'*, bap. 11 Oct., 1801.
n. Joseph*^, bap. 21 Sept., 1805.
UL Polly Greenleaf"^, bap. Oct., 1807.
IV. Thomas^.
V. \Villiam6.
VL Sar.ah'^, bap. 28 Nov., 181 9.
48.
WILLLVM LANE^ (Solomon-*, Joseph^, John-, James'), was b.
in Rockport, Mass., in 17S9. William Lane, aged 14 years, re-
ceived Mark Lane as his guardian, Mar. 7, 1803. He was allowed
claims against the estate of Cornelius Lane in 1808, was a carpenter
and d. 17 Oct., 1857, ae. 69 years.
He m. first in Aug., 181 1, by Rev. Ezra Learned, POLLY
Lx^NE^ (David-^-^ John^^-^, James'). She d. suddenly, 20 June,
1824, leaving an infant two months oJd. In 1832, her minor
children received by William Lane, their father and guardian, a
portion of her father's estate. He m. second, NxANCY , who
was b. in Rockport, and d. of cancer, 4 Sept., 1847, se. 61 years.
He m. third, 25 June, 1848, by Rev. Samuel C. Gilbert, Mrs.
LOLUSA BROOKS; she aged 38, dau. of Jabez and Lois Tarr,
who m. third, 19 Sept., 1869, by Rev. Nathaniel Richardson, John
York, he b. 1793, son of Samuel and Elizabeth York, his third
marriage.
248 James Lane and Descendants.
Children :
101. I. William, Jr.**, b. 12 Oct., 18 12, m. Sally and
Rhoda Elwell.
102. II. Albert^, b. 26 Oct., 18 16, m. Rhoda W. Butman
and Martha A. Butman.
III. Henry Oscar*^, b. 26 June, 18 19, m. in Boston, Mass., and
d. 28 Mar., 1858, ae.-39 yrs., 4 ms., 3 ds.
IV. Mary^j, b. 29 Nov., 1 82 1, d. 27 May, 1826.
V. Maria*^, b. 6 June, 1824, m. Joseph Burns of Rockport,
Mass.
49.
GIDEON LANE 2d'^ (Gideon^, Joseph^, John^, James') 1764-
182 1, was born in Gloucester, Mass., 14, and bap. at Annisquam,
16 Dec, 1764. He was born on the east side of Lobster cove,
but bought and moved his family to the large, double, two story
house still standing near the west end of the bridge over Lobster
cove in Annisquam.
British armed barges came into Squam river in 18 13 to destroy what shipping
they could find. Capt. Lane had a schooner called "Federalist" lying at the
wharf l)elow his house. A barge came into Lobster cove intending to destroy
her. When preparing to set her on fire, Capt. Lane's daughter, Clara, then
17 years of age, went from the house and requested them not to destroy the
vessel. The lieutenant in command looked at Miss Lane a few moments and
then declared "he could not resist answering the prayer of such a pretty lass
and would leave the vessel unmolested." And the barge returned to their
vessels outside, without any further damage to property here. That was the
last visit armed barges made in Annisquam river. — George Edward Lane.
Gideon Lane, Jr., of Gloucester, mariner, paid Gideon Lane of Freeport,
Me., $800.00, June 25, 1813, for land including the northwest part of Lot 39,
Range E, in Freeport.
Capt. Lane ent. int. 24 Nov., 1789, and m. 20 Apr., 1790,
HANNAH GRIFFIN ; she a descendant of Philip Grififin, an early
settler of Cape Ann, b. Annisquam, 20 Sept., 1772, and d. 10 May,
1852, ae. 79 yrs., 7 ms., dau. of Oliver and Mary (York) Griffin.
"Through the darkness into light."
Family Forty- Nine. 249
She was sister to the mother of John J. Babson, the historian of
Gloucester.
Capt. Lane died at Annisquam, 28 Nov., 182 1, ae. 57 years.
"The pure in heart see God."
Administration on his estate was granted to Samuel Lane, Esq.,
Apr. 5, 1S25 ; inventory July 19, 1825 ; allowance to widow, Han-
nah Lane, Jan. 12, 1826 ; dower set off, Oct. 5, 1830.
OBITUARY.
"Died in Gloucester on Wednesday morning last, Capt. Gideon Lane, aged
57 years, after a long and distressing illness which he endured with remarka-
ble fortitude and patience. An affectionate remem])rance of the worthy man
will ever be cherished by his relations and friends. His moral character was
unexceptionable and he was distinguished for his diligence and activity in
business. When in health his cheerful and social disposition never failed to
render him an acceptable companion in the circle of his friends and acquain-
tances.
In the death of Capt. Lane the society in which he lived, and his friends in
particular, have sustained an irreparable loss. He was a kind and affectionate
husband, a tender and indulgent father. He was fondly attached to life and
had an earnest desire to recover from his illness, but still, when he became
sensible that his case was hopeless, he expressed a perfect resignation to the
Divine Will, and died in a comfortable hope of a happy immortality. We
trust he is now rejoicing in the possession of perfect purity and bliss; while he
has left behind that which is better than precious ointment 'a good name.'
Peace be to his memory." — Rev. Ezra Learned.
Children :
103, L Gideon, 3d.^, b. 31 Aug., 1791, m. Dorcas Babson
and Eliza H. Peabody.
IL Hannah^', b. 26 July, 1793, d. 27 Oct., 1793.
IIL Clara*^, b. i'^ Feb., 1796, m. David Babson.
104. IV. Oliver Griffin'% b. 25 Nov., 1798, bap. 27 Oct.,
1799, m. Charloite Phippen.
V. Alexander'', b. 18 Aug., 1801, d. St. Thomas, W. L, 5 Aug.,
182 1. Heard of his death, Sept. 7, 1821.
VL Hannah*^, b. 18 Nov., 1803, bap. 7 July, 1804, m. David
Lane"- (Epes^, David-^-^, John'^--, James*).
250 James Lane and Descendants.
VII. Esther G.'^ b. 8 Sept., 1805, d. 8 Nov., 1805.
VIII. Emily'% b. 9 Sept., 1806, m. Davis.
IX. Julia Augusta'^, b. 21 Jan., 1808, d. 30 Nov., 1813, ae. 5
years.
105. X. Gustavus Adolphus'^, b. 9 June, 1811, m. Clarissa
Peabody.
XI. Julia A.^, b. 13 Feb., 181 5, d. 23 Aug., 1816.
50.
MOSES SOULE, Jr.g (Moses^ Barnabas^ Moses^, John^,
George'), 1769-1851, was born in Freeport, Me., 28 Dec, 1769.
Moses Soule^, was b. 19 Feb., 1739, and bap. 5 Sept., 1742. son of Barnabas
and Jane Bradbury.
Barnabas Soule"*, h. 1705, bought of his brother Cornelius in 1745, a home-
stead in Freeport; m. 1737, Jane, a posthumous daughter of Jacob and Eliza-
beth (Stockman) Bradbury of Salisbury, Mass.; she b. 1718, bap. 4 Aug.,
18 18, the youngest sister of Mrs. Dorothy, the wife of Rev. Ammi Ruhamah
Cutter, and great granddaughter of the noted divine Rev. John Wheelwright.
Barnabas and his wife were received to the First church of North Yarmouth
by public profession, Aug. 30, 1742. He died 8 Apr., 1780, x. 75 years; lies
buried in the old burying ground on Pleasant Hill, Freeport, that overlooks
the town and gives a glimpse of the blue waters of Casco Bay in the distance.
Moses Soule, Jr. and MARTHA LANE"^ (Gideon^ Joseph^
John^, James^), both of Freeport, Me., she b. Gloucester, Mass.,
22 Dec, 1772, entered their intention of marriage 25 May, 1793,
certificate of m. given 9 Jan., 1794, and entered for record 28
May, 1794.
Both united with the Congregational church in Freeport about 1810. He
called upon the fence viewers of Freeport to partition the fence between him-
self and Thomas Becknell, July 25, 1818. He was chosen deacon of the
church, Apr. 29, 1813, and closed his service with his death, 4 Oct., 1851.
Mrs. Soule d. 20 Dec, 1837. Their descendants have been preeminently a
race of literary men and educators.
Children :
I. Charles"^, b. 29 Aug., 1794, entered Phillips Exeter Acad-
Family Fifit. 251
emy, 1815, graduated Bowdoin College, 182 1, and Andover Theo-
logical Seminary, 1825, was ordained to the Congregational
ministry at Belfast, Me., June 24, 1824, and held fifteen pastorates
in Maine. He m. Phebe (Bartol), widow of Rev. Samuel Veazie.
and d. at Portland, Me., 31 May 1869, ?e. 75 years.
II. Gideon Lane", b. 25 July, 1796, entered Phillips Exeter
Academy, 181 3, graduated at Bowdoin College, 18 18, teacher at
Phillips Exeter Academy, 1 818- 19, graduated at Andover Theo-
logical Seminary, 1821, teacher at Phillips Academy, Andover,
1820-21, professor of ancient languages Phillips Exeter Academy,
1822-38, principal and trustee ex-officio, 1838 to June 30, 1873,
then principal emeritus till his death.
Dr. Soule "was fully indoctrinated with the views and methods of his old
preceptor (Dr. Benjamin Abbot), was a thorough classical scholar, and pos-
sessed rare natural qualities for the high post to which |ie was promoted. He
was of commanding presence and dignified manners, and understood well how
to appeal to the best instincts of his pupils. Like his predecessor he had the
gift of command, and was a thorough gentleman in the best sense of the term,
courteous, high minded, just and generous in his treatment of all ... . After
Dr. Soule had completed his fiftieth year of duty as a professer and principal
of the academy, he retired from active employment, bearing with him the
respect and cordial affection of his associates and of the numerous pupils who
had enjoyed the great advantage of his instruction and his example." — Charles
H. Bell.
Principal Soule received the honorary degree of LL. D. from
Harvard University in 1856, and died at Exeter, 28 May, 1879.
He m. 26 Aug., 1822, Elizabeth Phillips, dau. of Xoah Emery of
Exeter. Three children reached adult age :
1. Charles Einery^ , b. 1823, entered Phillips Exeter Academy, 1833,
graduated Bowdoin College, 1842, A. M., assistant surrogate in New York
city.
2. lYicholas Emery^, b. 1825, entered Phillips Exeter Academy, 1835,
graduated Harvard University, 1845, A. M., M. D. Pennsylvania, 1851,
teacher Cincinnati, Ohio, trustee Phillips Exeter Academy, 1879.
3. Augustus LoriP, b. 1827, entered Phillips Exeter Academy, 1837,
graduated Harvard University, 1846, Justice Supreme Court Massachusetts,
1879-81, counsel for Boston and Albany railroad corporation, residence Bos-
ton, Mass.
III. John Babson", b. i6 Sept., 1798, d. 22 Feb., 1807.
IV. Xanxy", b. 31 Mar., 1801, d. 21 Mar., 1807.
252 James Lane and Descendants.
V. Jeaneite", b. 1 6 July, 1803, d. 23 Feb., 1807.
VI. MosES^, b. 18 Mar., 1805, entered Phillips Exeter Academy,
1822, graduated Bowdoin College, 1829, A. M., teacher at Lyons,
Iowa, publisher and editor; m. 17 Nov., 1836, Eliza (Chetwood)
Sheppard, widow of Clementine B. Sheppard.
VII. Nancy", b. 26 Apr., 1807, united with the church in Free-
port on profession of faith, July 31, 1828, m. 16 Oct., 1832, Glad-
den Melcher and dismissed to Second church, Portland, Me.,
Sept. 10, 1835.
VIII. Jeaneti'e^, b. 30 Jan., 1809, m. 6 Mar., 1850, O. Isaac
Dyer.
IX. Mary Babson''', b. 6 Sept., 1810, united with the church at
Freeport on profession of faith, Oct. 8, 1837, d. 28 Aug., 1839.
X. Caroline", b. 30 Aug., 181 2, united with the church on pro-
fession, Jan. 4, 1835, m. 3 Jan., 1843, Robert Pennell and was
dismissed to the church in Brunswick, Me., July 5, 1843.
XL John Babsox Lane", b. 4 Apr., 1815, united with the
church at Freeport, Oct. 8, 1837, graduated at Bowdoin College,
1840, received honorary degrees of D.D., and Ph. D., m. 3 Sept.,
1840, Mary L., daii. of Rev. Ethan and Mary Stevens of Hal-
lowell. Me.; m. second, i Aug., 1849, Caroline E., dau. of Sey-
more and Fidelia (Loomis) Gookins of Terre Haute, Ind.
51.
JOHN BABSON LANE-^ (Gideon', Joseph^ John^ James'),
1774-1821, bap. Gloucester, Mass., t8 Dec, 1774, a shipwright
and partner in the purchase of 1 1 1 square rods of Porter's Landing
in Freeport, Me., for $473.50, Sept. 25, 1799. — Cinnb. Co. Records.
He ent. int. of m. at Freeport, with SARAH WINSLOW^, of Fal-
mouth, Me., 27 Apr., 1799 (Job"' and ^Lary (Robinson) Nathan*^,
James^, Job-, Kenelin') ; she b. 22 Apr., 1778. Mr. Lane died of
yellow fever at Harpswell, Me., about 1820.
Family Fifty-Two. 253
Mrs. Lane m. second, Timothy Robinson, Jr. of Windham, Me., he b.
Berwick, Me., 30 Aug., 1784, son of Stephen and Constant (Alley) Robinson,
a farmer, and d. 8 Feb., 1865. She survived her second husband, by whom
she had three children, and died in Nov., 1870.
Sarah Robinson, parent and natural guardian to William Lane, Sarah Jane
Lane, Charles Lane, and George Lane, all minors and children of John B.
Lane late of Freeport, deceased, sold to William Lane of Windham, joiner,
for $143.60, "one-fourth acre of land with buildings thereon, and another lot
of 23 1-2 rods with buildings of which the said John B. Lane died possessed,
subject however to the widow's right of dower." — Ctunb. Co. Record.
Nine children of John B. and Sarah (Winslow) Lane :
I. Louisa'', b. 9 Xoy., 1799, d. i Oct., 1800.
106. IT. William*^, b. 6 Apr., 1802, m. Sophia Wiggins.
IIL ^L\RY Ann*^, b. 17 Sept., 1803, m. 1820, Job Winslow
Austin; he b. Pownal, Me., 12 Dec, 1799, son of Jedediah and
Miriam (Winslow) Austin, res. Pownal and South Brooks, Me.,
where she d. 5 Dec, 1857. He m. second, ^L\RTHA (Russell)
Hathaway and d. at South Brooks, 4 June, 1865.
IV. Nathan Winslow^^ b. 19 Apr., 1804, d. Apr., 1806.
V. Sarah Jane^, b. 18 Feb., 1807, d. Windham, Me., ?e. 28
years.
VL Charles'', b. 29 Mar., 1809, d. ae. about 22 years.
VIL George^, d. ae. about 18 years.
VI IL Amanda^, d. at an earlier age than George.
IX. John Babson^, b. 181 6, was adopted by Gideon Lane Soule,
LL.D., entered Phillips Exeter Academy, 1834, graduated Bowdoin
College, 1840, clergyman. Highland Park, 111.
52.
PETER LANE-5 (Gideon^ Joseph^ John^, Jamesi), 1776-
1807, was bap. at Gloucester, Mass., 29 Dec, 1776. He bought
of his father, Gideon Lane, and wife, Lydia, May 2, 1803, for
$500.00, 12 1-2 acres of Lot 39, Range E, in Freeport, Me. He
paid Joseph M^nn, Jr., $500.00, Dec. 31, 1804, for land in Lot 39,
Range E, Freeport. — Cumb. Co. Record.
254 James Lane and Descendants.
"Freeport, May 25, 1805. Taken up in the Inclosure of the
subscriber, a red mare with a white star in the forehead ; the owner
may have her again by proving property & paying Charges. — Peter
Lane.
Entered by Nathan Wesson, Town Clk. Sent in to be recorded."
Peter Lane's heirs were taxed for real and personal estate in
Freeport, May i, 1825, 1827.
Peter Lane and EXPERIENCE BICKNELL entered their
intention of m. at Freeport, 4 May, 1799. They settled on the
Lane homestead at Pleasant Hill, East Freeport. She was b. 15
Apr., 1780, and d. i Oct., 1814. He d. 22 Jan., 1807.
Children born in Freeport :
107. L Thomas Bicknell^, b. 9 Mar., 1800, m. Leah Low
Curtis.
IL Martha^, b. 25 Sept., 1802, m. John Addington of Rich-
mond, Me., had seven sons and one daughter, and d. 23 Aug.,
1854, se. 52 years.
HI. Mary*^, b. 15 July, 1804, m. i Jan., 1824, Joseph Town-
send, son of Robert of Freeport, and had :
I. Mirhida J. 2. Mary. 3. Joseph Henry, Esq., of Mast Landing.
4. Caroline. 5. Alpheus.
IV. Experience^'', b. 15 Sept., 1807. She sold to Thomas B.
Lane, Apr. 8, 1829, one-third undivided part of 20 acres of land in
Freeport, formerly belonging to the estate of Peter Lane, and is the
same that the said Thomas B. Lane sold to Martha, Mary and the
said Experience Lane by deed, Apr. 7, 181 6. — Cumb. Co. Deeds.
She m. Isaac Dunham of Winterport, Me. Children :
I. Harriet N. 2. Corella. 3. Alary. 4, Isaac.
53.
BENJAMIN LANE"^ (Benjamin^-^ John^ James'), 175^-1841,
was bap. at Gloucester, Mass., i Dec, 1752, and m. by Rev. Oba-
diah Parsons, 3 July, 1775, SARAH DAVIS. She was bap. and
admitted to the church at Annisquam, 27 Sept., 1778. He m.
Family Fifty-Three. 255
second, by Rev. Ezra Learned, 26 Mar., 18 16, ELIZABETH
NORWOOD.
Mr. Lane removed from New Gloucester, Me., and settled in Poland, Me.,
on the lOO-acre lot No. 73 in the First division — a part of which he bought of
Joseph Newell of Newbury, Mass., for $200.00, May 3, 1796, and another
part he purchased of John Woodman, of New Gloucester, for $70.00, May 16,
1798. He was party in other real estate transactions, Apr. 19, 1800, Dec, 15,
1802, Mar. 10, 1805, when he sold land in New Gloucester, which had fallen
to him "by the estate of Benjamin Lane lately deceased." — June 17, 1807,
Oct. 6, 1807, Dec. 9, 1812, Dec. 6, 1814, Oct. 29, 1816, Aug. 18, 1S25, Aug.
22, 1829, Mar. 21, 1835. — Cionb. Co. Deeds.
The will of Benjamin Lane of Poland, dated Apr. 13, 1838, proved 3d
Tuesday, Jan., 1842, makes bequests to wife, Elizabeth, to children and grand
children, and names son, Zenas Lane and his wife Judith Lane executors. —
Cumb. Co. Wills.
Children :
108. L Benjamin^, b. 14 Jan., 1777, bajx 27 Sept., 1778, the
same day with his mother ; m. Hannah Downing.
n. John'', mentioned in his father's will, Apr. 13, 1838.
Perhaps the John Lane, mariner of Brunswick, Me., where he paid Samuel
Henry $271.25 for land, Aug. 29, 1799, and paid Daniel Govin $184.00, for
23 acres, Nov. 23, 1802. He sold the 23 acres to Jacob Pennell for $184.00,
Sept. 2, 1803, and the same date sold him 38 3-4 acres for $1166.00. Deed
her
signed John Lane and Elethear X Lane. — Ciiinb. Co. Deeds.
mark
HL Sally^, m. Bailey, and is mentioned in her father's
will, Apr. 13, 1838.
IV. Oliyer^, was witness to deed of land from Jabez Cushman
to Benjamin Lane of Poland, Dec. 6, 1814, and is mentioned in
his father's will, Apr. 13, 1838.
V. Nehemiah*^, sold his brother, Zenas Lane, t^-t^ acres of land
in Poland, for $264.00, Feb. 19, 181 7. The U. S. government
passed an Act Jan. 9, 18 15, to raise $6,000,000 additional revenue
by direct taxation. Thirty-four cents were assessed on Nehemiah
Lane's 50 acres of land, lot No. 79, First division in Poland. This
tax he refused to pay and the land was sold at pubHc auction, Aug.
10, 1 81 8, for 41 cents, by Woodley Storer, collector for Seventh
Collection District of Mass. — Cumb. Co. Deeds.
2oG James Lane and Descendants.
Xehemiah Lane and Orlistus P. Lane, probably his son, are
mentioned in Benjamin Lane's will, Apr. 13, 1838.
VL Rebecca'^, m. Glover, and d. before 1838, leaving
children mentioned in their grandfather's will.
109. VI L Zenas^, m. Judith Norwood and Jane Sawtell.
54.
ELIPHALET LAxXE-^ (Benjamin-'-^ John^, James^), was born
in Gloucester, Mass., bap. 8 Sept., 1754, m. in New Gloucester,
Me., 14 Aug., 1777, RUTH PACOR. She owned covenant with
the First church, Xew Gloucester, Aug. 27, 1780.
Child :
L Bettv^, bap. 10 Sept., 1780.
110. IL Eliphalet^', bap. 10 Sept., 1780, resided in Bethel
and Wells, Me., m. first, Barbour, m. second, Powers.
55.
SAMUEL LANE5 (Benjamin'-^ John^ Jamesi), 1 761-1836,
was b. 8, and bap. 20 Sept., 1761, in Cdoucester, Mass., and moved
when young with his parents to New Gloucester, Me. He sold to
Olive Watson of Falmouth, Me., Dec. 16, 1790, for 15 pounds.
Lot 41, in a gore of land between Bakerstown and Shepardsfield,
and sold to Luther Perkins, June 5, 1825, for $600.00, one- third
part of a saw-mill at Bog Falls.
Samuel Lane m. first, 15 June, 1791, POLLY DWINF2LL of
Bakerstown, which formerly embraced the present Minot, Poland,
Auburn, Danville and Mechanic Falls. He m. second, 14 July,
1794, DOROTHY HASKELL, both of New Gloucester, who d.
6 Nov., 1821, ae. 49 years; m. third, ent. int., 15 Oct., 1822,
BETSEY EVELETH of New Gloucester. He d. 8 Apr , 1836, ce.
74 yrs., 7 ms.
Family Fifty- Five. 257
Children :
I. Simeon^, of Poland, Me., 1826, m., and d. 8 June, 1849, ae.
54 yrs., I mo., 11 days, leaving four children :
I. George^. 2. Chandler'^ of Upper New Gloucester, Me., m.
Chandler^ a cousin, and had: i) John^, m. and lived in Upper Gloucester,
Me. 2) Charles^, unm. in 1899. 3) Addie^, m. in Peru, Me. 3. Daugh-
ter''. 4. Daughter'' .
II. Samuel, Jr.'', d. 17 Aug. 1840, ae. 40 years, leaving three
children :
I. Edwin'. 2. Otis'. 3. Evalina'' .
III. Polly'5, d. at about 18 years of age.
IV. Malixda^^ d. young.
V. Thomas^, b. 2 May, 1804, m. i Mar., 1829, Rhoda N., dau.
of William Rowe. Thomas Lane of Poland, and Rhoda N., his
wife and others, for $120.00 by Stephen Blaisdell Rowe, of New
Gloucester, quit claim all their right to the fa^m of William Rowe
in New Gloucester, Apr. 14, 1S31. — Ciimb. Co. Record.
He d. at Poland Corner, 3 Nov., 1892, ae. 88 years. Will and
petition for probate, Nov., 1892. Charles Lane was appointed
executor and his bond approved, Dec, 1892 ; inventory returned,
March, 1893. Four children :
1. Irene B.'', b. Poland, I Nov., 1830, m, IVm. H. Roberts^ lived in Port-
land, Me., and d. 31 Jan., 1898.
2. Mary Ann' ^ b. 24 Feb., 1834, d. 6 Oct., 1892.
3. Charles' , b. New Gloucester, 29 Mar., 1838, res. Mechanic Falls, Me.,
executed his father's will, 1892-3.
4. George B.'', b. New Gloucester, 23 Feb., 1846, resided Portland, Me.,
associated with the Portland Star Match Corporation, 1899.
VI. Benjamin*^, m. Hannah Parsons Adams of Sangerville, Me.
Children :
1. Benjainin Whidden'' , d. when young.
2. yuiia'', b. I Nov., 1847, living, 1899.
3. Samuel'' , b. 8 Dec, 1850, trader in dry and fancy goods, boots and
shoes, pianos and organs, Houlton, Me., 1899.
4. Elizabeth SpringaP , d. when young.
5. Ann'' , d. young.
6. Hannah'', b. II May, i860, living, 1899.
VII. Seth C.^, trader of Poland, obtained judgment against
Curtis Walker and sold at sheriff's sale, goods to the value of
$34.86, damage and cost, Oct. i, 1833. Probably EdiuiiV Lane of
Auburn, Me., 1899, was a son.
258 James Lane and Descendants.
VIII. Jonathan^, b. 27 Feb., 1812, of Poland, 1838, 1850, and
still living there in 1899. His name appears many times in the
transfer of real estate. — Cumb. Co. Deeds.
56.
JONATHAN LANE-^ (Jonathan^ Benjamin^ John'^ James'),
1780-1860, was bap. 18 June, 1780, by Rev. John Rogers. He
resided in Gloucester, Mass., administered on his father's estate,
Jan. 2, 1804, and was guardian to his minor sisters, Dorcas and
Sally, Feb. 6, 1804. He m. first, 10 Dec, 1807, by Rev. Ezra
Learned, PEGGY or MARGARET GROVER. Both were admitted
to the church at Annisquam, Mass., Aug. 6, 1804. She d. 30 July,
1824, dau. of James and Sally (Woodbury) Story of Essex, Mass.
He m. second, 9 Oct., 1825, SALLY GOINS, who d. 23 Nov.,
1885, ae. 98 yrs., 10 ms., 21 ds. He d. of palsy, 22 Dec, t86o,
?e. 80 yrs., 8 ms., 3 ds.
Children :
I. Chiij)^*, d. 27 Oct., 1808.
II. Jonathan, Jr.'^', bap. Aug., 1809, fisherman, m. Marv
Going; she b. Essex, Mass., 5 Nov., 1810, d. Rockport, Mass.,
23 Nov., 1 89 1, ?e. 81 yrs., 18 ds., dau. of John and Sally (Story)
Going. He d. 14 May, 1851, ae. 42 years. Their children:
1. Phebe^ , d. 27 Oct., 1864, w. 25 years.
"Dearest sister, thou hast left us,
Here thy loss we deeply feel,
But 'tis God that hath bereft us,
He can all our sorrows heal."
— Cemeiej'v, Awiiisquam .
2. George", b. 13 Nov., 1843, fisherman, m. 15 Nov., 18S3, by Rev. W.
H. Rider, Augusta C. Saiiuders ; she b. Gloucester, 12 Oct., 1S40, dau. of
Henry and Clarinda (Woodbury) Saunders. She d. of peritonitis at hospital,
Boston, Mass., 25 Sept., 1896, x. 55 yrs., ii ms., 18 ds. Child:
i) Annie A.^, b. 2 Mar., 18S4.
III. Child^, d. in summer of 181 2.
111. l\ . Frederick^, b. about 1813, m. Jl'dith Story.
Y. Infant'^, buried, 28 Apr., 18 15.
112. ^ 1. Allen^', b. 1819, m. Charloite Sargent.
Family Fim'-Ei(;HT. 259
57.
MOSES LAXE'^ (Jonathan^ Benjamin^, John-, James^), 1781-
1856, b. 14 Dec, 1781 ; res. Gloucester, Mass.; m. first, OLIVE
LOWE, who was b. Ipswich, Mass., 23 Aug., 1792, and d. 12 Feb.,
1823, se. 30 years; m. second, 29 Jan., 1828, by Rev. Ezra
Learned, MARY FELLOWS, who was b. 7 Dec, 1797, and d. 19
Apr., 1880, ae. 82 years. He d. 20 Apr., 1856, ae. 74 yrs., 4 ms.,
6 ds.
Children :
I. Mary Olive''^, b. i Aug., 1820, bap. Sept., 182 1 ; ent. int.
24, was pub. 25 July, and m. 18 Aug., 1841, by Rev. Josiah K.
Waite, Joseph Moore, Jr. of Annisquam. Had one son :
I. Joseph^ m. Lucy Todd oi Gloucester.
II. Moses Augustus^^ b. i i Jan., 1823; gunner, U. S. Navy,
Brooklyn, N. Y. and California; m. 16 Sept., ^862, by Rev. Geo.
W. Skinner, Ann Sargent; she b. about 1836, dau. of Oliver W.
and Sophia Ann Sargent. He retired to Everett, Mass., where he
d. suddenly, 31 Oct., 1888, ae. 65 yrs., 9 ms., 20 ds., and was
buried at Annisquam. ''Gentle and kindly in disposition, and
with a manly integrity of character above reproach, all were his
friends who knew him and many hearts will be pained to learn of
his sudden death." — Rev. Perry Bush.
Children :
1. Otis^ ^ b. 10 Aug., 1852. '
2. Four Daughters'' .
58.
ABXER LAXE-^ (Hezekiah^ Benjamin^ John^, James^) was
bap. Gloucester, Mass., 19 Nov., 1769, settled in Pennsylvania.
Probably had wife, MARY THORN, and children :
113. I. JoHN^, m. Rachel Tyler.
II. Thomas'^, lived at Waverly, Tioga Co., N. Y.
III. Esther^.
200 James Lane and Descendants.
59.
JOSEPH LANE-^ (Joseph^, Benjamin-^, John'^, James^) was born
in Gloucester, Mass., 8, and bap. 25 Nov., 1770. He ent. int. of
m. 13 Oct., 1792, with BETSEY JEWETT of Ipswich, Mass.
Their children were :
I. Joseph'^, b. 5 Sept., 1794. Joseph Lane of Poland, Me., re-
fused to pay the direct U. S. government tax of 34 cents on 50
acres of land and the land was sold at public auction by revenue
collector for 41 cents, Aug. 10, 1 818.
n. Hannah^, bap. 23 June, 1798, was insane a number of
years and died 21 June, 181 9.
HL Child^, d. Dec, 1805.
IV. Stephen^, a mariner, m. and d. of consumption, 9 Aug.,
1852, 3d. 46 years.
V. Lar-A^, b. 1808, d. 14 Aug., 1843, 3d. 35 yrs., 3 ms., 6 ds.
Had wife, Ruth or Charloite, and daughter :
I. Lizzie M."^, b. about 1833, m. at Rockport, Mass., 3 July, 1864, by
Rev. W. C. High, Reuben II. Ellis; he b. Harwich, Mass., son of Barnabas
and Abigail Ellis.
VI. Aaron^ b. 1813.
60.
EBEXEZER LANE, Jr.'^ (Ebenezer^, Job\ John^, James')
1 763-1810, was born in Gloucester, Mass., 1763, a farmer, lumber-
man and mill owner in New Gloucester, Me. He ent. int. of m.
5 Feb., 1785, with MARGARET GRAFFAN, dau. of Peter and
Mary Graffan of Windham, Me.
John and Peter Graffan were among the 61 subscribers towards building the
meeting-house at New Gloucester, in 1770 and 1771. Peter Graffan bid off
the building of a pound at New Gloucester, for ^^3, I2s., 8d., in 1774. He
was chosen on the committee of safety at New Gloucester, Mar. 23, 1778.
Peggy Lane, wife of Ebenezer Lane, Jr., received the first share in the
division of her father, Peter Graffan's estate in New Gloucester, and her
husband paid $70.00, May 2, 1796, for the second share of 8 3-4 acres, which
Family Sixtw 2(i1
was set off to her sister, Mary Graffan of Portland, Me., single woman.
Ebenezer Lane, Jr., also paid $83.00, Oct. 23, 1801, for 3 1-2 acres of the
share of Lewis Graffan, a minor, in said estate. These and other lands he
sold to Ebenezer Lane for $500.00, Aug. 7, 1807.
Ebenezer Lane, Jr., united with Ebenezer Lane and Job Lane, all of New
Gloucester, July 4, 1796, in paying Thomas Bagley, $800.00, for lands and
mills in Poland, Me. He sold to Richard Gowell, for $300.00, Feb. 6, 1S04,
one-fourth of a saw-mill in Minot, Me., on Lot 98. With Peggy, his wife, he
sold to Ebenezer Lane, innholder, for $500.00, Nov. 4, 1806, his interest in
Nason's mills on Little Androscoggin river. He united with Ebenezer Lane,
innholder, Jan. 11, 1807, in selling to Job Lane, for $114.00, 50 acres of land.
Lot 72, in the proprietors' division, partly in Minot and partly in Poland. He
paid Ebenezer Lane $500.00, July 26, 1808, for the north-east half of Lot 20,
Division 2, with buildings, it being the same lot Ebenezer now lives on. This
estate, Peggy, his wife, relinquishing her claim to dowry, he sold to Job
Lane, for $600.00, Nov. 17, 1809. Ebenezer Lane, Jr. and Peggy Lane, his
wife, in her right in the estate of Peter Graffan and Mary, his relict, received,
June 8, 1810, one-fourth of the new grist-mill privilege, 25 acres of land, etc.,
the same being the whole tract sold by John Graffan of Lewiston, Me., to
said Peter Graffan by deed, Jan. 24, 1778. — Cumb. C(\. Deeds.
Ebenezer Lane, Jr., became embarrassed in estate and died of apoplexy,
13 Aug., 1810, a?. 47 years,
Margaret Lane of New Gloucester, widow, bought of Lydia Campbell, July
9, 1828, for $100.00, one-quarter part of a mill privilege in New Gloucester,
the same being set off as part of the dower of Mary, late widow of Mr. Peter
Graffan, deceased, being known by the name of the upper grist-mill privilege
on Royal's river. — Cumb. Co. Deeds.
Mrs. Margaret (Graffan) Lane died in New Gloucester, Me., 20
Nov., 1849, ^- ^4 years.
Five sons and four daughters :
I. Margaret^, d. 10 June, 1802, ae. 17 years.
II. Sarah^, m. Mr. Hockins.
114. III. Hon. Ebenezer^', b. 1793, m. Celeste Hearsey. ,
I\'. AxDRE\v6, a merchant in New Orleans, La., aided his brother,
Ebenezer, in educating the younger brothers and in establishing
Lane Theological Seminary at Cincinnati, Ohio. He died in New
Haven, Conn., in 1862, ae. 66 years, leaving an estate of about
$60,000.
V. WiLLLAM A.*', graduated Bowdoin College, 18 19, professor in
Louisiana College, merchant and cotton planter in Feliciana
262 James Lane and Descendants.
Parish, La. William A. Lane of Clinton, La., Mar. 14, 1839,
bought of Abiel Chandler of Boston, Mass., for ^2048.00 several
pieces of real estate in Gorham, Me.
VL George^, after graduating from Bovvdoin College, went to
Princeton Theological Seminary to study for the ministry, and d.
of consumption in a few years in Virginia.
VIL SoN^, d. in infancy.
VI I L Daughter^.
IX. Daughter^, youngest of the family, living in Ohio, 1869.
61.
JOB LANE^ (Ebenezer^ Job^, John"-, James^), was bap. at
Sandy Bay, now Rockport, Mass., 23 June, 1765.
The Pejepscot Purchase included the present Brunswick, Durham and other
lands on the Androscoggin river in Maine. Job Lane of Pejepscot paid An-
drew Robinson Giddinge, 84 pounds, 12 shillings, lawful money, Feb. 9,
1789, for 84 acres of land in the great lot, No. 7, of the Pejepscot Claim.
Job Lane, Ebenezer Lane, innholder, and Ebenezer Lane, Jr., all of New
Gloucester, Me., paid $800.00, one-half by Job Lane, one-fourth by Ebenezer
Lane, and one-fourth by Ebenezer Lane, Jr., to Thomas Bayley, July 4, 1796,
for 47 acres of land, it being the north-easterly part of lot No. 47, in the first
Division of Poland, Me., together with half the saw-mill, grist-mill, privilege,
etc. The same party secured the other half of the land for $120.00, Sept. 4,
1796. Again the same party paid George Erskine, $300.00, for 100 acres of
land in Poland, Dec. 16, 1799.
Job Lane of Pejepscot paid Ebenezer Lane, innholder, and Ebenezer Lane,
Jr., $114.00, Jan. 11, 1806, for 50 acres, being one-half of Lot 72, in the
division made by the proprietors, partly in Minot and partly in Poland. He
already owned the other half of the lot. The same year, Dec. 27, 1806, Job
Lane paid Ebenezer Lane, innholder, $950.00, for 100 acres, lot No. 28, in
Minot.
Job Lane of Pejepscot paid Ebenezer Lane, $5000.00, Jan. 11, 1808, for
60 acres, lot No. 11, in 2d Division, New Gloucester. Job Lane and Polly
Lane witnessed, Jan. 14, 1808, deed of land from Ebenezer Lane to his
daughter, Sally Bridgham, 60 acres, lot No. 10, in 2d Division, New Glou-
cester. The same day the land was leased by Alden Bridgham and Sally
Bridgham, his wife, to Ebenezer Lane for the term of his natural life, he pay-
ing an annual rent of 10 cents.
Family Sixty- One. 263
Job Lane of Pejepscot paid Ebenezer Lane, Jr., and his wife, Peggy Lane,
$600.00, Nov. 17, 1808, for 30 acres, the northerly half of Lot 20, in Division
2, made by the proprietors of New Gloucester.
Job Lane paid Ebenezer Lane, $700.00, Dec. 4, 1808, for a mortgage of 50
acres of land in New Gloucester, "which I purchased of William Bridgham."
Job Lane of Pejepscot paid his father, Ebenezer Lane of New Gloucester,
Dec. 4, 1809, for land with buildings. Lot 1 1, Division 2, in New Gloucester,
$1.00, and the same day leased the premises to his father for one cent an-
nually during said Ebenezer Lane's natural life, "the estate being the same
which the said Ebenezer Lane conveyed to me in Jan., 1808."
Job Lane of Pejepscot sold Ebenezer Lane, Jr., wheelmaker, for $200.00,
Sept. 22, 1814, 30 acres of land, the north-easterly half of Lot 20, Division 2,
New Gloucester, land he had bought of Ebenezer Lane, Jr., deceased, Nov.
17, 1809, and the same day took a mortgage on the estate for $250.00, the
right to dower of Peggy Lane, widow of Ebenezer Lane deceased, only ex-
cepted.
Job Lane of Pejepscot, his wife, Polly Lane, relinquishing her right to
dower, sold to Ebenezer Lane, for $500.00, Apr. 12, 181 5, Lot 1 1, Division
2, New Gloucester, the same land which the said Ebenezer Lane purchased of
Nathaniel Allen, and the same on which the said Ebenezer now lives.
Job Lane of Danville, and Polly Lane, his wife, in her right, ([uit claim to
Anna Lane of Danville, single woman, Oct. 16, 1821, all right to 50 acres of
land in Danville, which was set off to William Giddinge as heir to the estate
of Andrew Giddinge, formerly of Gloucester, late of Newburyport, County of
Essex.
Job Lane of Danville, administrator on the estate of Ebenezer Lane, late of
New Gloucester, sold to William Haskell, for $282.00, June 28, 1828, Lot 1 1,
Division 2, New Gloucester, on which the dwelling house of said Ebenezer
stands.
Job Lane and Polly, his wife, in her right, for $2000.00, paid Jan. 31, 1831,
conveyed to William G. Lane, our only son, all our interest in 200 acres of-
land in Danville, in the Andrew and William Giddings estate, late of New-
buryport, formerly of Gloucester, Mass. — Ctimb. Co.' Records.
Job Lane ent. int. of m. 8 Xov. 1794, with POLLY GID-
DINGS, both of Pejepscot Claims, Me. She was b. Gloucester,
Mass., dau. of Andrew and Elizabeth (Davis) Giddings and sister
of Andrew Robinson Giddings, who m. Anna Maria Lane, a sister
of Job Lane. They settled in New Gloucester and Danville, Me.
Six children :
I. Polly'\ m. Nath-\n Parker of Baltimore, Md., and left :
I. Mary Elizabeth. 2 and 3. Other Children.
264 James Lane and Descendants.
II. Anna^, m. John Smith of Danville, Me., and left five
children.
III. Betsey^, of Danville, ''singlewoman and gentlewoman,"
paid Edward Little, Esq., $1980.00, July 14, 1841, for all his right
in the farm of the late William G. Lane of Danville, gentleman,
and for pew No. 16, in the meeting-house. The same date she
sold this farm to John McKeene, Esq., of Brunswick, for $330.00,
subject to a mortgage to Edward Little, for $522.00. Witness,
Job Lane.
IV. Lucretia^.
V. Rebecca^, not married.
VI. WiLLMM G.^, only son. He paid $2000.00, Jan. 31, 1831,
to his parents. Job and Polly Lane, for their interest in the Andrew
and William Giddings estate at Danville. The estate of William
G. Lane, late of Danville, gentleman, was conveyed to Edward
Little, Esq., of Danville, by Nathaniel L. IngersoU, administrator,
for $1980.00, Apr. 28, 1 84 1. He m. Judith Haskell of Danville,
Me., and left :
I and 2. Two children'' .
62.
ANDREW LANE"^ (Andrew^ Job^ John^, Jamesi), b. Sandy
Bay, now Rockport, Mass., 5 Mar., 1778, bap. 14 June, 1778;
ent. int. of m. 20 Dec, 1799, with DORCAS POOL; she b.
Rockport, 6 Oct., 1780, and d. his widow, 15 July, 1858, ae. 77
yrs., 9 ms.
Children :
I. Esther^, b. 22 Mar., 1801.
II. Sally'', b. 28 Jan., 1803.
III. Dorcas^, b. 4 May, 1805.
IV. Lois'^', b. 9 July, 1807.
115. V. Andrew, Jr.'', b. 14 Feb., 18 18, m. Susan S. Simpson.
VL Mary Eliza<^, b. 31 Oct., 182 1.
VII. Child^', d. unnamed.
Family Sixtv-Three. 265
63,
Capt. GEORGE LAXE^ (Andrew^ Job^ John^, Jamesi), 1780-
1838, born Rockport, Mass., 13 Feb., 1780, m. first, published 9
May, 1 80 1, LUCY TARR, who d. 25 Aug., 1802 ; m. second,
pub. II Feb., 1804, SALLY GOSS, dau. of WilHam and Abigail
Goss of Rockport, who d. his widow, 10 Jan., 1863, ae. 75 years.
His will dated Apr. 7, 1838, was presented for probate, ^Lay 8,
1838, George Lane, Jr., executor. Inventory returned, July 5,
1838, $9067.08. Bequests to wife, Sally Lane, she to provide a
comfortable maintenance for the children during their minority.
Children of George and Sally (Goss) Lane :
116. L George^^, b. I Nov., 1808, m. Delia Sawyer Rowe
and Adelia Pool.
IL LucY^, b. 3 Aug., 1807, m. Witham.
in. Sally^, b. 23 Dec, 1809, d. 26 June, 1829.
IV. Betsey Goit*^, b. 20 Mar., 1813, d. 11 June, 1825.
V. Maria Pool'\ b. 22 May, 18 14, m. Lowe, and had :
- I. Betsey. 2. Eben S., d. before 1838.
VI. Charles'^, b. 14 May, 18 16, carpenter, ent. int. of m. 11
July, and m. 18 Aug., 1845, by Rev. \V. Gale, Esther Tarr, dau.
of Henry and Esther (Parsons) Tarr; she b. Rockport, and d. 23
Feb., 1895, ae. 79 years. He d. 14 May, 1890, ae. 74 yrs., 2 ms.,
28 ds.
VII. Abigail Gon'^, b. 16 Oct., 1818.
VIII. Allen Goss^, b. 31 Aug., 182 1, three years service by
substitute in the Civil War, Co. M., 4th Regiment, Heavy Artillery ;
m. Elizabeth, dau. of Dea. John and Betsey Wallis of Rockport,
who d. 9 Dec, 1858, ae. 36 years. He d. 9 Oct., 1881, ae. 60 yrs.,
1 mo., 8 ds. Their children :
1. Gorhani N'onuood'^ , b. 27 Dec, 1845.
2. Child'' , b. 30 June, 1848, d. cc. 6 weeks.
3. Allen IVJ, b. 3 Feb., 1850, d. Aug., 1850, ce. 6 months.
4. Ella Elizabeth'', b. 21 Aug., 1851, milliner, d, 22 Oct., 1894,36. 43 yrs.,
2 ms.
5. Allen \V? , d. Danvers Insane Asylum, 5 Sept., 1882, unm., ge. 25 yrs.,
9 ms.
IX. Eliza Tarr'^, b. 17 Oct., 1824.
266 James Lane and Descendants.
X. Laura*^, b. 30 Nov., 1826, d. 31, July, 1829.
XL Alfred*^, b. 3 Jan., 1829, specially remembered in his
father's will : "To my youngest son, Alfred Lane, three shares in
the Sandy Bay pier stock, for his education. This bequest is in
consideration of the inability in one of his arms." He was a
minor, 10 years of age, and George Lane was appointed his
guardian. May 8, 1838.
XIL Laura*% b. 14 July, 1831.
64.
STEPHEN LANE'^ (SamueH-s-s, James^), b. 8 Aug., bap. 2
Oct., 1743 ; ent. int. of m. i Mar., and m. ANNA HASKELL, 21
Mar., 1769, by Rev. Samuel Chandler. He perished by shipwreck
with Capt. Jonathan Dennison, of the schooner Neptune, at Scitu-
ate, Mass., Dec. 28, 1774.
Children :
117. 1. Stephen*^, b. 13 Oct., bap. 24 Dec, 1769, by Rev.
John White, First church, Gloucester, Mass.
n. Anna<5, b. 2 Aug., bap. 11 Aug., 1771.
HL Samuel^, b. 28 Dec, 1772, bap. 3 Jan., 1773.
118. IV. Jonathan Dennison^, b. 7 Sept., bap. 19 Sept.,
1775) presented for baptism by the widow Anna (Haskell) Lane;
m. Sarah Ring Haskell.
65.
DANIEL LANE, Jr."^ (DanieH, Samuel'--, Jamesi), was born
in Gloucester, Mass., and baptized there 21 Aug., 1763, by Rev.
Ebenezer Cleaveland of the Fifth Parish. He settled in Leeds,
Me., where he took from Nathaniel Sawtell, deed of lot No. 68,
Mar. 29, 1787, acknowedged ^L^r. 10, 1790. — Ciimb. Co. Deeds.
He m. first, EL^NICE VERRILL, who d. in Leeds, 17 May,
1802 ; m. second, RUTH PRA1T.
Family Sixty- Six. 2G7
Children by first marriage :
I. Eunice'', b. 29 Sept., 1787, m. 16 Feb., 1807, Daniel Foss*
of Saco, Me., and d. in Leeds, 16 Oct., 18 10. He was b. in Saco,
21 June, 1785, and d. 14 Jan., 1821, son of Uriah and Sarah
(Goodridge) Foss^, (Levi-, Walter^), and twin brother of Cyrus
Foss-*, who m. Polly Lane^, (Giddings-^, Daniel"*, SamueP--, James^).
119. II. Joshua*', b. 6 Feb., 1789, m. Mehitable Brut.
III. Nancy^, b. in Leeds, 19 Mar., 1790, d. 18 Jan., 181 1.
IV. Daniel 3d''', b. in Leeds, 19 Mar., 1792, d. 22 July, 1812.
V. Lois'*, b. in Leeds, 12 Mar., 1794.
VI. Mary*^, b. in Leeds, 19 July, 1796, d. unm. in New Bed-
ford, Mass.
VII. Eliphalet G.*^, b. in Leeds, Jan., 1799, ^^- 28 Apr., 1802.
VIII. Samuel^, b. in Leeds, 30 Apr., 1802, d. 12 May, 1802.
By second marriage :
IX. Eliphalet Gilman^, m. Miss Berry, and settled in Illinois.
X. Olive'j, b. 16 Mar., 1806, m. 25 Mar., 1824, J(j.siah
Moulton.
XL LoRiNDA*^, b. 10 May, 1809, m. 28 Sept., 1826, the same
JosiAH Moulton.
Josiah Moulton m. first, Sarah Brown, and had: Sarah, b. 23 Mar., 1823.
He seems to have had no children by second marriage. By third wife,
Lorinda Lane, he had Daniel Lane, b. i8 Aug., 1829. Olive Lane, b. 15
Sept., 1832, Cyrus King,\). 22 Mar., 1837, d. 16 Mar., 1853. By a fourth
wife he had Alvira Pratt, b. 12 Sept., 1842. Lewis Allen, b. 4 Feb., 1844.
Loretta, b. 29 May, 1745, d. 17 June, 1853. Josiah Henry, b. 6 May, 1847.
John Parker, b. 19 May, 1849. Josephine Amelia, b. 23 Aug., 1851.
66.
JAMES LANE-^ (Daniel"*, Samuel-'^--, James^), was born in Glou-
cester, Mass., 26 Sept., 1767, m. ABIGAIL, dau. of Increase and
Betsey C. LEADBETTER of Camden, Me., and settled in Leeds.
268 James Lane and Descendants.
Eleven children born in Leeds :
I. Phebe^, b. 13 July, 1793, m. Shepherd Carey. Children:
I. John Lane. 2. Nelson. 3. Adolphtis S. 4. Orman.
IL Joanna^, b. 18 Oct., 1794, m. 30 June, 1 8 14, Perez S.,
son of Samuel and Olive (Tupper) Jennings, and d. 9 Apr., 1863 ;
he b. in Leeds, 2 Mar., 1792, and d. 19 June, 1853. Children
born in Leeds :
1. Orville, b. 14 Jan., 1825, was twice m., became U. S. district attorney
in Arkansas, and d. in Little Rock, Ark. His son, Dr. Chester Jennings,
resided in Little Rock.
2. Gustavtis A., b. ii Jvine, 1827, m. Ann Jennings and occupied the
homestead at Leeds.
3. Florus, b. 29 Jan., 1829, m. 24 May, i860, Orrah M., dau. of Uriah
and Mary Leadbetter Foss ; she b. in Leeds, 28 Jan., 1842. They lived in
Leeds and Farmington, Me. Children:
i) Elmer, b. 28 May, 1861, m. in Farmington, 13 Sept., 1888, Mary V.,
dau. of L S. and Sarah Jacobs; she b. 8 Nov., 1861. 2) Flora, b. 19 Apr,,
1865, m. in Farmington, 30 June, 1890, J. Eugene Brown, son of Joseph L.,
and Mary (Hilton) Brown; he b. in Augusta, Me., 17 Nov., 1802. They
had Zilda Jennings, b. 27 Nov., 1891, and Leo Jennings, b. lo Aug., 1895.
4. Eliza A., b. 13 June, 1833, m. 5 May, 1852, Isaiah Beals Additon, son
of Thomas and Anna (Beals) Additon; he b. 10 Nov., 1823. Children:
i) Flora L., d. 25 Feb., 1862, re. 9 years. 2) Juliette J., d. 15 Feb.,
1862, X. 7 years. 3) Orville L, b. 31 Aug., 1853, principal of High school,
Cordova, 111., m. Lucy A. Benner, and had Forrest O., and Henrietta S. 4)
Lorette, d. 10 Mar., 1862, ne. 7 months. 5) Fred L., b. 28 Jan., 1864, m.
Leonora L, dau. of Francis E. and Eleanor (Pettengill) Howe, and had
Orville L and Ernest F.
5. Roscoe G., b. 13 June, 1833, professor of clinical surgery and der-
matology in Industrial University, Little Rock, Ark.
6. Rollin F., b. 11 June, 1837, resided in Mason City, Iowa.
120. III. John''', b. 31 Aug., 1796, m. Vf^ta Phillips.
IV. Ahigaif/', b. 13 May, 1798, m. 6 Oct., 1822, Stephen, son
of Benjamin Rackley of Greene, Me., and d. 19 Feb., 1862. He
engaged in trade at Leeds and accumulated a good property.
Children :
I. Benjamin. 2. Benjamin. 3. Daughter; all died young.
V. Asenath*^, b. 24 Mar., 1800, m. Dr. David Hale, son of
David and (Kingsbury) Hale of Conn. He res. Turner,
Me., Fayette Falls, Me., about 1843, and Livermore Falls, Me.,
where he d. in 1868. Children :
I. Mary A. 2. Pitt Fessendcn. x. Florentine.
Family Sixty-Seven. 269
VI. Eliza*^ b. I May, 1802, m. Nathaniel, son of Nathaniel
and (Strickland) Perley, a merchant in Livermore, Me.,
1852, and after the Civil War removed to Illinois, where he died-
Children :
I. Peleg. 2. John Lane. 3. Samuel F., m. Sarah D., dau. of Wil"
liam H. Brettiin, Jr., lived at Brettun's Mills, Livermore, Me., and had one
child, Bessie B. 4. Eliza.
VII. Hannah'', b. 15 Nov., 1804, m. Ammi Woodman of Leeds
and had :
I. Ellen M. 2. Annie C. 3. Charles E. 4. Aubrey Lane. 5.
Abigail Ljxne. 6. LMura Jane. 7. LLannah Lane.
VIII. Eunice^', b. 20 Apr., 1807, d. 18 Jan., 1809.
IX. CoLUMHLs'', b. 23 Mar., 1809, m. first, Mary Perkins; m.
second, 27 Jan., 1834, Rachel Billinc^s, and d. Dec, 1891.
Elmer H. Morice, adm., April, 1891, on estate of Columbus Lane
of East Livermore, Me. One child :
I. Rosebelt"^, res. Lowell, NLass.
X. Alden^, b. 29 Mar., 181 3, m. Mary R.\ckley of Greene,
Me. F.ugene S. Coding was adm. on estate of Alden Lane of East
Livermore, Me., August, 1887. Children:
I. Benja/nin^, m. Ptillen in Cal. 2. Eliza'', m. George Cochran.
3. Ellen'', m. I'yler A'e'wlon. 4. Jossie'' , m. Ensign S. Coding ol East
Livermore, Me.
XL James*"', b. i Jan., 1816, m. Louisa Wyman of East Liver-
more, Me., owned estate at East Livermore, and d. about 1887.
Will and petition for probate, Dec, 1887. Louisa W. Lane,
executrix, Jan., 188S; bond filed, Feb., 1888; inventory returned,
Apr., 1888. They had:
I. Francina' . 2. Ella'', m. Thompsonoi Livermore Falls, Me. 3.
Avis'' .
67.
GIDDINGS LANE5 (DanieH, SamueF-^, James^, 1770-1836,
was born New Gloucester, Me., 5, bap. 14 May, 1770, took up
woodland in Littleboro, afterwards Leeds, Me., which has never
been sold out of the family and where his grandsons, Cyrus B. and
Gustavas W., now live. He m. 6 Sept., 1788, JEMIMA NOR-
270 James Lane and Descendants.
RIS; she b. 30 Oct., 1770, dau. of Samuel and Lydia (Wash-
burn) Norris.
Lydia Washburn was dau. of Ephraim and Mary Washburn, and is thought
to have been a Mayflower descendant through John Winslow, Mary and James
Chilton.
Four sons of Samuel Norris sailed from Sandwich, Mass., to the Andros-
coggin river in the ship "Sandwich Harbor." The father and sons settled at
a place first called New Sandwich, but changed to Wayne, Feb. 12, 1798, in
honor of Gen. Anthony Wayne.
Mr. Lane was a large man and his wife a small but very smart woman.
When five years old, she attended with her parents, a reception to Gen. George
Washington. At the age of eighteen, she knit herself a pair of stockings
from sun to sun, and spent the day in visiting. When her husband cleared up
wild land, she drove the oxen to plough the first furrow. Surprised by In-
dian alarms, she burned her featherbed to keep the savages from coming
down the chimney. She and her children were great singers, one or more of
the family sitting in the choir for many years. Mother, daughter and grand-
son have sung together in public celebrations. The singing school always
met in her living room. Sitting in the corner knitting and without a book,
she could learn the tunes better than others with books. She died 14 Apr.,
1865, the day President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.
The first Baptist meetings in Leeds, 1794 to 1800, were held in Mr. Lane's
barn, then new. He gave the land for their meeting-house and boarded two
workmen while it was building, to June, 1800. When the First Baptist
church of sixteen members was organized, July 2, 1800, Mr. and Mrs. Lane
were received to membership and he chosen deacon. Every Sunday a
general invitation was given to all the congregation to partake of his hospi-
tality, and tables were spread in his shed for all who would stay at noon.
The brothers, Daniel, James and Giddings Lane, were corporate members of
the Baptist society, June 23, 1804. Dea. Giddings Lane owned the first
carriage and the first set of china in Leeds, and at death was the richest man
in town. He died 29 Jan., 1836.
OBITUARY OF DEACON GIDDINGS LANE.
"Died in Leeds on the 29th ult. Dea. Giddings Lane, aged 62 yrs. and 5
ms. Dea. Lane became a member of the Baptist church in Leeds at its
organization in June, 1800. He was then invested with the office of deacon,
the duties of which he faithfully discharged until prevented by age and sick-
ness. In his Christian course, he always cherished unyielding attachment to
the truth, and being possessed of a sound and discriminating mind, he was
able to detect the slightest deviation from the rules and requirements of the
gospel. In church government he was mild and compassionate, but firm and
persevering. In the sanctuary his seat was sure to be filled; he did not sit in
Family Sixty-Seven. 271
cool, critical speculation, but received the message in sincerity and with a
view to honor God. His approbation of the truth was sometimes evinced by
an expressive smile. In the absense of a minister he often had some interest-
ing sermon which he read, much to the edification of his hearers. During the
week he seemed delighted to visit and to receive Christian company. His
home was ever open to the friends of Christ, and his conversation was emi-
nently instructive. Many a young Christian has gone to him with doubts
and perplexities which he has removed.
Dea. Lane did much for the cause of morality and religion. He has
labored much, he has sacrificed much, and in him the church and society at
Leeds sustain a great loss. But we trust that our loss is his gain, for in his last
moments he exemplified the truth of the Scripture, 'Mark the perfect man and
behold the upright, for the end of that man is peace.' "
Thirteen children born in Leeds :
121. I. PoLLY^, b. 6 Feb., 1790, m. Cyrus Foss.
122. n. Alpheus^, b. 6 Dec, 1791, m. Sally Foss and Eliza-
beth Stanchfield.
in. Lydia'', b. 13 Apr., 1794, m. 7 Oct., 181 3, James, son of
William and Hannah (Leadbetter) Lindsay; he b. 26 May, 1789,
of Scotch descent. They Hved in Lincoln, Me., removing to Milo,
Me., in 1833, and to Medford, Me., in 1864, where he d. 9 Feb..
1870. Children :
1. Abigail, b. i6 Mar., 1815, d. 16 June, 1817.
2. /^itcy, b. 10 Dec, 181 7, d. 29 June, 1839.
3. John, b. 10 May, 1819, m. 13 July, 1844, Rebecca, dau. of Moses and
Peggy Sttirdivant; she b. in Milo, 15 ^Iay, 1825, and d. in Medford, 17 Dec,
1895. They had:
i) Charles, b. 17 May, 1845. 2) Ida M., b. 22 Feb., 1853. 3) Florence,
b. 2 June, 1856. 4 Azel, b. 31 May, 1858. 5) Fred, b. 27 Nov., 1859.
6) Abby Jane, b. 8 Mar., 1863. 7) Myra, b. 24 Feb., 1865.
4. Abigail, b. 18 May, 1821, m. Levi Johnson of Milo.
5. Dulcinea, b. 2 June, 1824.
6. Charles, b. 6 Dec, 1827, was in the Civil War, and res. Lewiston, Me.
7. Martha Jane, b. 2 Apr., 1830.
8. Francis, b. 27 Oct., 1835, killed in the War of the Rebellion.
9. James, b. 16 Mar., 1837, was killed by a whale in South Pacific ocean.
IV. Jemima'j, b. I Mar., 1796, m. 8 May, 1814, Luther Lead-
better. Daughter, Rosatmah, m. Chaj-les Walton of Centreville,
Me.
V. Dorcas^, b. 19 July, 1798, m. Issachar Lane^, (Peter^,
Daniel"*, SamueP--, James^).
272 James Lane and Descendants.
VI. Fan^y^, b. 12 Sept., 1800, m. 6 Dec, 1820, Edward
Jones.
123. VII. Giddings'^, b. 16 May, 1802, m. Cassandra Ben-
son.
VIII. Samuel^, b. 7 ]May, 1806, m. Catherine Pingrey. Son:
I. Alonzo', living, 1896.
IX. SusAN^', b. 15 July, 1808, m. first, in May, 1834, Jonathan
Jewell, second, in June, 1838, Hok\ce Gould of Winthrop, Me.,
and had :
I. Helen. 2. Hannah, m. and left two daus., living in Lewiston, 1896.
X. RuTH^, b. II July, 1 810, d. young.
XI. Esther^, b. 31 May, 1812, m. first, 12 Apr., 1836, Ver-
ANX's, son of Sullivan Lothrop of Lewiston and Leeds. Their
children :
1. Warren Lane, b. 23 July, 1848, m. in Corinna, Me., 27 Nov., 1867,
Abbie F. Knoiules, res. Lewiston, and had :
i) Ina R., b. 8 Aug., 1869, d. 29 Oct., 1872.
2. Aubrey Giddin^s, b. 9 Apr., 1854, m. in Jefferson, Me., 16 Oct., 1876,
Luretta S., dau. of James and Caroline Avery, res. Lewiston, and had:
i) Theodore A., b. 22 Sept., 1880. 2) Clyde, b. 12 Aug., 1887.
Mrs. Lothrop m. second, in 1880, Dea. T. C. Ln?Bv, whom she
survived, and d. 21 Apr., 1896.
124. XII. Calvin'', b. 6 Sept., 18 14, m. Dulcinia Lothrop.
XIII. Nancv^, b. 5 Jan., 181 7, m. in Mar., 1838, Harrison
Gould of Leeds, and had :
1. Cordelia, m. Giddings Foss, and lived in Auburn, Me.
2. Thomas Francis, d. young.
68.
ELI AS LANE"'', (Daniel^, SamueP--, James^), was bap. New
Gloucester, Me., 19 Apr., 1772, m. ^LARY LAWRENCE, and
settled in 1790, in Leeds, Me., where she d. in Sept., 1835 ; m.
second, 16 Jan., 1838, Mrs. ABBIE BROWN. He d. 3 Jan.,
1845.
Family Sixty- Nine. 273
Their children :
I. Elizabeth^, b. 8 Aug., 1794, m. 14 Nov., 1816, Hon. Leavitt
LoTHROP, and d. in Auburn, 12 Jan., 1878. He was b. in Vassal-
borough, Me., 19 May, 1793, son of George and Polly (Thayer)
Lothrop ; settled in Leeds, and in 1826, moved to farm occupied
by D. F. Lothrop, in 1896, where he d. 17 Apr., 1849. Their
children :
1. Elias Lane, b. 19 Nov., 1817, m. 24 Apr., 1842, Jane Morse of Lis-
bon, Me., went to California in 1849, and d. there in 1S53. Children:
i) Leavitt, b. 1848. 2) Mary, b. 1849.
2. Davis Francis, b. 1 1 Sept., 1820, m. 8 Nov., 1846, Caroline S. Morse,
dau. of Jonathan and Jane (Sibley) Morse of Lisbon. Children:
I) Flora S., b. 1847, m. Frank Higgins. 2) Adonis, b. 1849. 3) Eugene,
b. 1851. 4) Elias, b. 1853, m. Lucile Piazia, dau. of Swiss consul at New
Orleans, at time of Civil War. 5) Seville. 6) Irving Scott, b. 1856. He
resided in Louisiana, where he and Elias owned adjoining plantations on the
Mississippi river, 24 miles below New Orleans. 7) Olive Morse, b. 1858, m.
John Turner, AL D., and lived in Bangor, Me. 8) Ralph K., b. i860.
3. Col. Warren Lane, b. 5 July, 1823, enlisted in U. S. Army, 1845,
fought in the Mexican and Civil Wars, and d. at Tallahassee, Fla., 1866.
4. Caroline LMzabeth, b. 17 Oct., 1825, ni. 20 P^eb., 1848, Augustus Foss.
Children, five living in California and two in Manchester, N. H., 1896:
i) Frank A., 1). 1848. 2) S. Lawrence, b. 1853. 3) Elizabeth L., b.
1855. 4) Sarah Jane, b. 1856. $) Emma B., b. 1858. 6) Eunice F., b.
i860. 7) Carrie L.,b. 1862. 8) Levi Roys, b. 1864. 9) Warren Lothrop,
b. 1867, graduated Bowdoin College, 1891.
5. Mary Jane, b. 12 July, 1833, m. in 1855, Charles C. Lane, who d. 25
Oct., 1857. She res. Pendleton, Oregon, 1896. Child:
i) Neva C, b. Leeds, 7 Dec, 1S56, a teacher in Pendleton, Oregon.
n. David^, b. 17 May, 1797, m. 9 Nov., 1823, Lydia Brew-
ster. Their children :
1. Elias' , b. 1824, d. 25 July, 1847.
2. I^orina'', b. 21 Jan., 1830, res. Lewiston, Me.
3. Salmon P? , b. in Sept., 1832.
HL Warren^, twin, b. 27 July, i8oi, d. 7 Feb., 1823.
125. IV. Alvan^, twin, b. 27 July, 1801, m. Lucy Mitchell
and Haxxah Donham.
69.
PETER LANE-^ (Daniel^ SamueP-s, Jamesi), born 1776, lived
in New Gloucester and Leeds, Me. ; m. first, LOIS VERRILL,
274 James Lane and Descendants.
who had 6 children and d. 21 Jan., 1808; m. second, 1808,
GRACE, dau. of William and Joanna TURNER, who came from
Bridgewater, Mass., to Littleborough, now Leeds, in 1787. Peter
Lane d. 10 Jan., 1844; his widow d. 8 Dec, 1851.
Fourteen children born in Leeds :
126. L Eliphalet G.^, b. 28 Aug., 1796, m. Lydia S. Trask.
127. IL Issachar6, b. 2 May, 1798, m. Dorcas Lane^ (Gid-
dings^, Daniel"^, Samuel^*-, James^).
IIL Davis^, b. 16 Apr., 1800, m. first, 11 Apr., 1828, Harriet
Hayward ; m. second, Mrs. Almira Spear, and d. 13 Apr., 1886.
One son :
I. Davis E?^ was a dentist in Hartford, Conn.
IV. Jesse^, b. 2 Aug., 1803, m. 19 Dec, 1824, Charlotte,
dau. of Capt. Edward and Judith (Lane-^) Jones (DanieH,
SamueP-^, James'), and d. i Dec, 1845 \ ^he b. 15 May, 1800,
and d. 9 Apr., 1881. Two children.
1. Emery'', b. 1 828, d. 28 Jan., 1848.
2. Davis', b. 1836, d. 7 June, 1858.
V. Judith'', b. 17 Oct., 1806, m. her cousin, Philip, son of
Nathaniel and Lydia (Lane-^) Norcross (Daniel"*, Samuel-'^--,
James^), of Hallowell, Me., and d. 1 1 Mar., 1828; he b. 8 Dec,
1800, and d. 7 Dec, 1831. Children:
1. Marian, m. Mr. Tozier of Waterville, Me., and had son in Gardiner,
Me., 1896.
2. Adeline, m. Jarvis Wilson, and had children, moved from Hallowell,
to Exeter, N. H.
VL Lois^, b. 25 Nov., 1807, m. Elias Prince, and d. 2 Oct.,
1887. Children:
I. Sarah. 2. Charles.
By second marriage :
VIL Samyntha*', b. 28 Oct., 1809, m. her cousin, 1833, Daniel
S., son of Capt. Edward and Judith (Lane'') Jones (Daniel"*,
Samuel"^--, James'). Children:
I. Oren. 2. Sehien. 3. Clarkson. 4. Benjamin F. 5. Ahhie.
6. Fred,
VIIL Peier^', b. 6 Sept., 181 5, m. first, 16 Feb., 1840,
Lucretia p., dau. of Stillman Howard, m. second, 28 May, 1845,
Family Seventy. 275
Mary J., dau. of James Palmer of Cornville, Me. He first en-
gaged in trade at Brighton, Me., moved to Skowhegan, Me., about
1849, and to Portland, Me., i860, where he became a leading
wholesale dry goods merchant. About 1872, he purchased in
Leeds the original farm where his uncle, Daniel Lane, Jr.^, settled
and has made his 200 acres at Chapel Hill most productive and
keeps about 50 thoroughbred Jersey cows. In politics a Repub-
lican, in religious preference a L'^niversalist.
IX. Joanna*^, b. 11 Aug., 1818, never married.
X. Marlanna^', b. 28 Apr., 1821, d. 13 Aug., 1827.
XL Eunice'^, b. 8 Dec, 1824, m. 19 Oct., 1845, Bemus Lamb.
One son :
I. Franks b. 16 May, 1851, d. 15 Apr., 1868.
XII. Benjamin Franklin'', b. 30 Mar., 1826, m. first, Caroline
FuLSOM ; m. second, Jane Hammond of Brunswick, Me., and re-
sided in Weymouth, Mass. Children :
I. Frank^ . 2. Ilattie^ .
XIII. Charles H*'^, b. i Apr., 1828, m. first, 1854, Sarah
Turner, who d. 1893 ; m. second, 1894, Mrs. Nellie Wright.
XIV. Harriet H*\, b. 16 Oct., 1832, m. 1852, Benjamin Tur-
ner, and d. 1892. Children:
I. George Harvey. 2. Peter L. 3. Grace.
70.
SAMUEL LANE^^ (Daniel^ SamueP-^, Jamesi), of Leeds and
Hallowell, Me., m. first, JUDITH VERRILL, by whom he had no
children ; m. second, FRANXES, dau. of Alvan NYE of Bangor,
Me., who d. 19 Dec, 1831, ae. 29 years. He d. Dec, 1842.
Both are buried at Hallowell, Me. In 1828, Mr. Lane invented a
corn sheller which consisted of a spur wheeled cyhnder from which
all the standard shellers now in use have descended. In 1833, he
completed his endless chain horse power with a cylinder having
276 James Laxe and Descendants.
high gearing which was regarded as a very successful invention.
Hist. Kejuiebec Co.
Children born in Hallowell :
I. Harriet Maria^, b. 19 Nov., 1823.
II. Henry K. ^V.^ b. 9 July, 1825.
III. Samuel Augustus^, b. 17 Dec, 1829.
71.
ISSACHER LANE^ (Issacher^ SamueF-2, Jamesi),was bap. 21
Dec, 1760, in the Fourth church, Gloucester, ]Mass., He m.
SUSAN HALL of ]\Iatinicus, Me., and was one of the early set-
tlers at Vinalhaven, Me.
Martin Pring, June 7, 1603, seeing a number of gray foxes upon
an island in Penobscot Bay, named the group Fox Islands. The
largest of these islands was first settled permanently in 1765, and
incorporated as Vinalhaven, June 25, 1789, named in honor of
John Vinal, Esc}., of Boston. The town in 1829 voted to exempt
those persons living on Lane's Island, from paying highway tax.
Mr. Lane settled on what is now the Roberts homestead.
While gunning, an accidental discharge of a gun so mangled one
of his hands that amputation was necessary. He went at once to
Rockland, Me., where the operation was performed by Dr. Bar-
nard. Mr. Lane afterwards followed the sea for a while, and then
moved away from Vinalhaven.
72.
BENJA^HN LANE5 (Issacher^, SamueP-^, Jarnes'), 1762-
1842, was born in Gloucester, Mass., 31 July, 1762, bap. i Aug.,
1762, m. 10 Dec, 1789, MARGAREIT HALL of Matinicus; she
b. 9 Mar., 1769, and d. 28 Aug., 1849. They settled at \'inal-
haven. Me., after the War of the Revolution, and lived on Lane's
Island, which he purchased from Thaddeus Carver. Here he d. 21
Dec, 1842.
Family Seventy-Three. 277
Seven children :
I. Margaret^% b. 27 Apr., 1790, m. 19 Nov., 181 1, David
Smith, and d. 22 Apr., 1875. ,
II. Benjamin^, b. 25 Nov., 1791, m. at Vinalhaven, 28 Dec,
1 81 3, Desire Philbrook ; she b. 5 Mar., 1793. They had one or
two children at Vinalhaven, and then removed to the state of Ohio.
III. Susanna^', b. 4 Jan., 1794, m. 22 Jan., 181 8, Thaddeus
Roi3ER'i"S, and d. about 1870.
128. IV. John^, b. 19 Mar., 1796, m. Rebecca Arey.
129. V. Joseph^, b. 31 Aug., 1800, m. Abigail Arey.
130. VI. James A.*^, b. 4 Dec, 1802, m. Lydia Smith.
131. \TI. Timothy'^ b. i Jan., 1805, m. Rebecca Smith.
73.
WILLIAM LANE'' (Nicholas^ WilliamS James^, John^, Jamesi),
was bap. 14 Mar., 1773, a sailmaker of Salem, Mass. He bought
land of Hannah Crowningshield in Salem, Dec. 18, 1799; ^'^^
administrator on his father's estate, Oct. 30, 181 5, and on estate
of Nathaniel B. Lane of Salem, mariner, intestate, Dec. 5, 1837.
He m. about 1796, ELIZABETH, dau. of N. BROWN ; she bap.
at East church, Salem, i Oct., 1797, and d. 12 June, 1819, se.
42 years.
Children baptized at East church, Salem, Mass.
I. Eliza"^, bap. I Oct., 1797.
II. Nan'cy", bap. 25 Aug., 1799.
III. Mary", bap. 8 Nov., 1801.
IV. William", bap. 4 Mar., 1804.
V. Abigail Wellman", bap. 12 May, 1806.
VI. Nathaniel Brow'Ne', bap. 28 Aug., 1808.
VII. Franklin", bap. 5 June, 18 14.
VIII. Edward Browne", bap. 5 June, 18 14.
278 James Lane and Descendants.
74.
JOHN LANE6 (Nicholas^ William^, James^ John^, James^),
bap. 30 Aug., 1795. Perhaps the John Lane of Fox Island, Me.,
descended from John Lane at Flatstone Cove, Lanesville, Mass.,
where old bricks were lately dug up. His wife was HANNAH
FELLOWS of Ipswich, Mass., where they settled.
[Mary F. Lane d. 19 Apr., 1880, widow, age 82 yrs., 4 ms., 12
ds. ; she b. Ipswich, dau. of Nathan Fellows, and wife Hannah
(Brown) both of Ipswich.]
Son :
132. I. George"^, b. about 1813, m. Lucinda Poland.
75.
JOSIAH LANE« (Josiah^^-^, James^ John^, James'), 1771-
1833, b. New Gloucester, Me., 15 Jan., 1771, where he lived and
d. 19 Jan., 1833, ae. 62 years. He ent. int. 30 Mar., 1795, with
ABIGAIL ROWE CLEAVES; she b. 3 Oct., 1773, and d. 25
July, 1834, 9e. 61 years.
Josiah Lane and wife quit claim all right in the estate of Jonathan Row,
late of New Gloucester, to Jonathan Rowe, one of the heirs, for $300.00, Mar.
23, 1796, and also sold their claim in the dower of Betsey, widow of Jonathan
Row, for $600.00, May 10, 1805. He was a party to the transfer of real
estate seven times between 1796 and 1814. He settled on an estate which he
purchased of Cotton Tufts and Samuel Tucker in 1799. This farm he be-
queathed to his wife, and it was sold by his heirs to Benjamin Rollins, May I,
1838. — Cumb. Co. Deeds.
Children :
I. IsAAc"^, b. I Oct., 1795, a resident of New Gloucester, 1838.
Isaac and wife Mary (Metcalf) Lane of New Gloucester had
children :
1. Sarah A.^, h. 5 June, 1840, m. first, 13 May, 1858, yo/ifi F. Bickford,
second, Elbridge Foss, res. Upper New Gloucester, 1899. Children by first
marriage :
i) Mary. 2) Willis. 3) Elmer Ellsworth.
2. Lorcntus A^.^, b. 15 Nov., 1842.
3. Alonzo M.^, b. 5 Jan., 1844.
4. Albert A/.^, b. 15 Nov., 1848, d. unm.
Family Sevexty-Six. 279
II. Josiah", b. 7 Dec, 1796, a student, and party in transfer of
real estate, 1827-1842 ; settled as a physician in Lisbon, Me., and
d. 1 1 June, 1850.
III. JoxATHAX R.', b. 26 May, 1798, had wife Betsey ]\I., and
son.
I. y. C^, of Upper Gloucester, Me.
IV. Abigail D.", b. 25 Oct., 1800, d. i Jan., 181 5, ae. 14 yrs.,
2 ms., 7 ds.
V. Cynthia", b. 13 Sept., 1802, d. 28 June, 1844.
133. ^'I. Edmund Cleaves", b. 23 Oct., 1804, m. Mary
Ring Humphrey.
VII. Moses"^, b. 16 Sept., 1806, m. 18 Oct., 1829, Angelina
Tyler, and d. in Minot, Me., 10 Aug., 1831, ae. 25 years, leaving:
I and 2. T'cvo Daughters'^ .
VIII. Mary E.", b. 23 Dec, 1808, was living in New Gloucester,
1838.
IX. Jane C", b. 6 Mar., 181 1, m. Ephr.\im G. Gordon of
Poland, Me., and d. 25 Jan., 1858.
134. X. Seth", b. 18 Mar., 1813, m. Haxnah C. C. Rowe.
XL Julia Ann", b. 24 Mar., 181 5, d. New Gloucester, 27 Feb.,
1853.
XII. Abigail C."^, b. 7 June, 1817, was residing in New Glou-
cester, 1838.
XIII. Addison"^, b. i Mar., 182 1 ; as a minor and heir of Abi-
gail Lane, his guardian Jesse Hayes sold his share in her estate to
Benjamin Rollins, Dec. i, 1838. He was a student at Yarmouth
Corner, 1838-9; he held the ofifice of deacon at Melrose, Mass.,
and d. before 1875.
76.
ISAAC LANE, Jr.^ (Isaac^ Josiah-*, James^, John^, James^),
b. Gloucester, Mass., 19 Sept., 1772, was witness to a deed, April
8, 1789, settled in the Whittemore District, Paris, Me., and worked
280 James Lane and Descendants.
at his trade of a blacksmith. He received 149 votes, Nov. 3,
1828, as delegate at large in the Presidential election of 1828.
He m. ESTHER COOK of Conway, N. H.
Children :
I. Betsey", b. 15 June, 181 3, m. Lewis Monk, and d. Aug.,
1841.
IL Willard"^, b. 17 Mar., 181 5.
HL Abigail", b. 24 Apr., 18 18, d. 7 Nov., 1840.
IV. John M."'', b. 15 Oct., 1820, m. Coburn, (son of Sum-
ner?) of Sumner, Me.
V. Mary Ann"^, b. 3 Apr., 1823, m. first, Charles Lane; m.
second, Charles A. Buck.
VL George B.~, b. 5 Nov., 1826, d. 15 Oct., 1841.
VH. Trances'^, b. 8 July, 1830, m. Solon G. Walker.
77.
LEVI LANE'5 (Isaac^, Josiah"*, James^, John^, James^), was
bap. 30 Apr., 1775, and was an early settler in East Gray, Me.
He paid Isaac Lane $550.00, Oct. 4, 1797, for 129 acres of land, half of
Lots 5 and 3 and one-quarter of Lot i, all in the Third Division in Gray.
These lots held in common between father and son were divided among them,
Nov. 24, 1800. He bought of Daniel Gordon, for $40.00, Oct. 29, 1801,
part of Lot 6, in Third Division; paid Benjamin Lebby, Jr., $36.00, May 31,
181 7, for three acres of land in Gray; paid John Russell $83.34, Apr. 10,
1821, for part of Lot 31, in Second Division. With Sarah Lane his wife, he
sold to Levi Lane, Jr., for $1500.00, Feb. I, 1827, lands in Gray and New
Gloucester, containing 148 acres with buildings. — Cumberland Deeds.
Levi Lane of New Gloucester, Me., and SARAH HICKS of
North Yarmouth, Me., entered intention of marriage, 3 Feb., 1797.
She was the 1048th member of the First church in North Yar-
mouth, and joined June 5, 1842, by public profession of faith.
Barnabas Freeman of Yarmouth, who had m. Sarah, the widow
of Levi Lane, administered on his estate and quit claim to Caleb
Marston, for $300.00, July 4, 1850, part of Lot i, Range A, in
Family Seventy- Eight. 281
Pownal, Sarah, wife of said Barnabas, relinquishing her right of
dower. She died 2 Aug., 1851, ae. 72 years.
Children :
I. Levi, Jr.', owned a stage Hne from Portsmouth, N. H., to
Berwick, Me., and d. unm. at North Yarmouth.
He was taxed in District No. 4, 1823; paid Levi and Sarah Lane, $1500.00,
Feb. I, 1827, for 148 acres of land with buildings in Gray; bought 18 acres
and 32 square rods of George Bennet, June 14, 1833; mortgaged 94 acres in
North Yarmouth to David Dana of Portland, for $1000.00, May 5, 1834;
bought of Joseph E. F. Cushman, July 7, 1834, a part of Squadron No. 13, in
North Yarmouth; bought of William N. Bennett, Apr. 22, 1837, 24 acres and
12 rods of lot No. I, partly in Gray and partly in New Gloucester; sold to
Joseph H. Lane of Gray, for $2500, Sept. 8, 1847, five tracts of land in Gray,
New Gloucester and North Yarmouth. — Cuinherlaad Co. Records.
135. IL Joseph Hicks", b. about 1807, m. ^LRAND.\ Mer-
chant.
IlL Sarah H^.
IV. Adaline", m. Allison, and d. leaving no children.
V. Olive A.~, m. Samuel Buckman of Falmouth, Me.
VL Eliza^, m. Nathaniel Merrill of Cumberland, Me.
VI L Dorcas C.', m. Capt. Charles L. Loring of North Var-
mouth. Me.
VII L ^L■^RGARET', m. Chambers of Portland, Me.
IX. Sarah H.", m. Andrew Jack of Topsham, Me.
X. Syrena L."^, m. Nath.aniel Wright of Otisfield, Me.
XL Adelaide".
78.
Caft: benjamin proctor married BETSEY LANE^
(Levi^ Josiah^, James^, John-, James') ; she b. in Boston, Mass.,
26 Jan., 1779. Capt. Proctor was lost at sea, 18 Feb., 1811, 3e.
33 years. He set sail with one or more of his brothers and his
household effects, intending to settle in the West Indies and then
send for his family, but the Yessel and all on board perished in a
severe storm in Massachusetts Bav. Mrs. Proctor was known as
282 James Lane and Descendants.
"Eliza," d. 23 Feb, 1865, ae. 86 yrs., 28 ds., and lies buried in
the Frye family lot at Dorchester, Mass., North Cemetery.
Seven children :
I. Eliza, d. in infancy.
II. Benjamin, d. young.
III. Eliza 2d, m. William Morris. They went West, and she
d. in Arkansas. Among the children was :
I. Mary, m. first, Mr. yessiip, but was divorced; m. second, Mr. Grade,
and had children by each marriage.
IV. Abba, d. unm.
V. Mary Francis, b. Newton, Mass., 3 Nov., 1807, m. in
Trinity church, Boston, Mass., by Rev. W. Gardener, 5 Aug., 1827,
Charles M. Holmes of New York city; he b. 10 Nov., 1804, and
d. prior to 1896. 'She d. 5 Jan., 1873, ae. 65 yrs., 2 ms., 2 ds.
Ten children :
1. Catherine Eliza, b. New York city, 8 Feb., 1829, m. IVilliam J.
Knapp of Jersey City, N. J. They had:
i) William J. 2) George. 3) Clara.
2. Mary Ann, b. 15 Mar., 1831, m. first, Thomas S. 6'<7r(? of England,
and lived in New York city; m. second, Peter E. Jacobus of Caldwell, N. J.
Children of Thomas S. and Mary Ann (Morse) Gore:
i) William James of Montclair, N. J. 2) Thomas Edward of Newark, N.
J. 3) Caroline Augusta, m. S. H. Bowmam of Caldwell, N. J. 4) Alexander
Dowie of Caldwell. 5) Alfred Mather of East Orange, N. J. 6) Sarah
Frances, m. William Aubry of Caldwell.
3. James Scrywegcoiir, b. 21 July, 1833, m. Phoebe Ann Van Velsor of
New York city and had:
l) James S. 2) Emily.
4. Abbie Proctor, b. 19 May, 1836, unm.. Summit, N. J.
5. Charles Miiir, b. 15 July, 1838, m. Harriett M. Halves of Towanda,
Pa., and had :
l) Harriett. 2) Elizabeth.
6. Caroline Prances, b. 19 Apr., 1841, m. George E. Poole of Long Branch,
N. J., lived in Newark, N. J., and had:
I) George E. 2) Caroline.
7. Benjamin Proctor, b. 13 June, 1 843, m. Georgianna Klingle of Phila-
delphia, Pa., resided in Summit, N. J., and had:
i) Arthur Klingle. 2) La Rue Klingle.
8. Adrian Banker, b. 4 Sept., 1845, m. Sarah B. Sanford of Newark,
N. J., and had :
i) Florence.
Family Seventy- Eight. 283
9. Alfred Peckham, b. 23 June, 1848, unm., d. 3 Dec, 1852.
10. Edward Cook, b. II Dec, 1850, was of John L. Armitage & Com-
pany, Newark, N. J., m. 21 May, 1874, Eliza Jane Jenkinsoti, and had:
i) Edward Charles, b. 6 June, 1875. 2} George Jenkinson, b. 13 Jan.,
1877. 3) Clarence Leslie, b. 3 Mar., 1880. 4) Eliza Jane, b. 14 Slay,
1882. 5) Mary Frances Proctor, b. 24 Mar., 1884. 6) Richard Jenkinson,
b. 3 Feb., 1886, d. 15 Aug., 1894. 7) Henry Donald, b. 20 Feb., 1887.
8) James Douglass, b. 2 Feb., 1893, d. 13 Mar., 1893.
VI. George Burroughs, b. Newton, Mass., 22 Aug., 18 10, m.
in Boston, 5 Dec, 1835, Harriet Glazier; she b. Middlebury,
Vt., 20 Apr., 1820, and d. South Boston, 29 Mar., 1874, ae. 73
yrs., 1 1 ms., 1 1 ds. Mr. Proctor resided in Boston, New York and
South Boston, and d. at Wellesley Hills, Mass., 2 May, 1892. Fif-
teen children :
1. Harriet Elizabeth, b. Boston, 29 Sept., 1836, m. 15 Feb., i860, James
H, Beck of Boston, resided in South Boston and Wellesley Hills, Mass.
Children :
i) Hattie L., b. South Boston, 8 Dec, i860, m. 10 Oct., 1883, Richard
Cunningham of Wellesley Hills, and had Shirley B., b. 27 Aug., 1884. Rich-
ard B., b. 6 Dec, 1885. Dorothy, b. 15 Apr., 1891. Phyllis, b. 23 Nov.,
1892. 2) Lewis, b. i Feb., 1865, d. 9 Sept., 1865. 3) George P., b. Hyde
Park, Mass., 4 Mar., 1868, d. 14 Mar., 1869. 4) Harry J., b. South Boston,
8 Feb., 1870, m. 9 Oct., 1895, Annie ^L Parsons of Lenox, Mass. 5) Albert
H., b. 22 Mar., 1871. 6) Ella M., b. 13 Sept., 1872.
2. Mary J., b. 8 Apr., 1838, d. New York, 2 Mar., 1840.
3. George B., b. New York, Oct., 1839, served in the Civil War, and d.
unm., Boston, 21 Nov., 1892.
4. Charles J., b. 13 June, 1841, d. New York, 28 Mar., 1842.
5. Benjamin, b. Boston, 15 May, 1843, m. 20 June, 1869, Carrie H.
Whitaker of South Boston. Children:
i) Benjamin, Jr., b. Boston, 26 Jan., 1878. 2) Edith M., b. 2 Oct., -1880.
3) George B., b. 5 Apr., 1882. 4} Grover C, b. 20 Jan., 1885.
6. Abba B., b. 10 Aug., 1845, m. first, 15 July, 1872, Manuel J. Gonsaloo
of Spain, who d. 13 May, 1879; m. second, 17 Feb., 1884, Albert C. Noyes
of Colebrook, N. H., who d. 8 Aug., 1895. Children:
i) Lottie H. Gonsaloo, b. East Woburn, Mass., 7 Oct., 1873. 2) Ira
Allen Npyes, b. Colebrook, N. H., 25 Dec, 1884.
7. Charlotte G., b. 25 July, 1847, m. 3 Nov., 1867, Charles P. Elms of
East Boston, and lived in South Boston. Children :
i) Lottie P., b. South Boston, 11 Aug., 1868, m. 1 1 Nov., 1890, George
B. Elms of South Boston, and had: George B., Jr., b. 3 Oct., 1891. Lottie
R., b. 22 Oct., 1892. Charles W., b. 20 Apr., 1894, d. 15 Aug., 1894.
Harold W., b. 8 Nov., 1895. 2) Clarissa M., b. 30 July, 1870. 3) Harriet
E., b. 19 May, 1874. 4) Jennie C, b. 17 Mar., 1876, m. June, 1896, Oscar
Hubbard. 5) Charles P., b. 4 July, 1883, d. 9 June, 1889.
8. Charles Marsh, b. South Boston, 22 Apr., 1849, d. 13 July, 1885, m.
20 Feb., 1874, Georgianna Hunt oi Brookline, Mass., and had:
284 James Lane and Descendants.
i) Charles M., Jr., b. Brookline, i8 Feb., 1876. 2) Frank Hunt, b. Brook-
line, 7 Nov., 1878.
9. Helen M., b. 24 June, 185 1, m. 3 Oct., 1894, Albert E. Troester of
Georgetown, Col.
10. Marietta H.^ b. 30 Apr., 1853, m. 8 Feb., 1874, Charles L. Stevens
of South Boston, and had :
i) Charles A., b. 18 Oct., 1874.
11. Carrie F., b. 9 June, 1855, m. 19 Aug., 1874, yohn D. Noyes of
Boston. Children:
i) Edwin L., b. Boston, 3 Sept., 1878. 2) George B.,b. Roxbury, Mass.,
6 June, 1880, d. 5 May, 1882. 3) Harriet E., b. 2 July, 1883. 4) John,
b. Roslindale, Mass., 13 Mar., 1886. 5) Lulu B., b. 26 Dec, 1890. 6)
Proctor, b. 19 Nov., 1894.
12. Julia P., b. 24 Apr., 1857, m. first, 8 Oct., 1882, Alonzo F. Erskine
of Boston, who d. 12 Dec, 1889; m. second, in Denver, Col., 29 July, 1891,
Samuel Po-vell. Children :
i) Angle Maud Erskine, b. South Boston, 8 Oct., 1884; d. 20 Nov., 1884.
2) George D., b. 17 Feb., 1886. 3) Samuel Powell, Jr., b. Neponset, Mass.,
12 July, 1892. 4) Helen P., b. Denver, Col., 7 Dec, 1894.
13. Lulu A., b. 25 May, 1859, m. 13 Nov., 1878, Charles L. Beck of
Wellesley Hills, Mass. Children:
i) Hannie L., b. South Acton, Mass., i Jan., 1880, d. 3 Dec, 1894. 2)
Charles L., b. Somerville, Mass., 15 Jan., 1884.
14. Minnie L., b. 17 Aug., 1861, m. at Denver, Col., 2 June, 1885,
yohn IVatkins.
15. Frank /*., b. 7 Nov., 1863, m. at South Boston, 16 May, 1886,
Annie C. Bolack. Children :
i) Lottie M., b. South Boston, 9 Apr., 1888. 2) Louise P., b. 26 Jan.,
1890. 3) Bertha H., b. 18 Jan., 1893. 4) Frank P., Jr., b. Dorchester,
Mass., 30 Jan., 1896, d. 31 Jan., 1896.
VIL Joseph B., b. 18 Aug., 1811, m. 27 Nov., 1837, Helen
S. I\L Montgomery and d. 11 Aug., 1880. She was b. 22 July,
181 7, and d. 22 Sept., 1891. Seven children :
1. Eliza Lane, b. Roxbury, Mass., 18 Oct., 1838, m. 18 Oct., 1859, Alfred
W. Bacoti, and resided in Danvers, Mass., 1896. Children:
i) John Lewis, b. 2 Sept., 1861, 2) Helen Dora, b. 5 Nov., 1864, m. 4
Aug., 1886, Charles D. Wentworth, and had: Philip Montgomery, b. 27 Nov.,
1887. Marjorie, b. 15 Oct., 1892. 3) Harriet Rice, b. 16 Dec, 1869, d. 26
May, 1872. 4) George Alfred, h. 5 June, 1874, m. 8 Aug., 1896, Ella
Walker. 5) Josie Lida, b. 9 Sept., 1877.
2, Joseph Hen?)', b. Lexington, Mass., 16 Feb., 1843, m. 7 Sept., 1864,
Elizabeth Ellis Allen; she b. 12 Nov., 1843. Children:
i) David Allen, b. iS Aug., 1866, m. 21 June, 1893, Fanny May Bibber
and had: Earle Henry, b. 12 June, 1894. 2) Mattie Antoinette, b. 27 Feb.,
1S68, d. 12 Mar., 1881. ^,^ Joseph Montgomery, b. 18 Feb., 1871, d. 21
Nov., 1876. 4) Alfred Whiting, b. 14 Feb., 1873, d. 27 Nov., 1876. 5)
Family Seventy-Nine. 285
Charles Herbert, b. 15 Mar., 1877, d. 6 Mar., 18S1. 6) Eliza Montgomery,
b. 25 July, 1886.
3. Charles Bates, b. Lexington, Mass., 28 Nov., 1845, m. Angelia Alark.
Children:
i) Helen Angeline, b. 26 Jan., 1870, d. 20 Aug., 1873. 2) Lizzie Esther,
b. 6 Dec, 1871.
4. Samuel Herbert, b. Natick, Mass., 19 Aug., 1849, m. Addie Herrick.
Children :
i) Herbert Herrick, b. 7 July, 1878. 2) Caroline Bartlett, b. 16 Nov.,
1881. 3) Carl Stuart, b. 20 Mar., 1886.
5. Helen Medora, b. Natick, 2 Dec, 1854, d. 31 May, 1858.
6. Caroline Bartlett, b. 4 Nov., 1856, d. 10 Oct., 1880.
7. Theodore Francis, b. 25 Feh)., 1859, d. 26 June, 1888.
79.
riTAI PERRV, 1 7 79-1 847, was born in Hanover, Mass., 10
July, 1779, m. 21 Feb., 1808, ABIGAIL LANE^ (Levi-^ JosiahS
James'^ John-, James'); she b. Boston; Mass., 15 Feb., 1782.
They lived in Salem, Mass., where he d. 22 Apr., 1847, se. 67
years. She d. 4 Apr., 1857, ae. 75 years.
Children :
I. Abbie L., b. 19 Jan., 1809, d. unm., 14 Aug., 1885, ae. 75
yrs., 7 ms.
II. Ittai, Jr., b. 5 June, 1810, was pilot of Salem harbor, Mass.,
m. 8 Dec, 1835, Abigail Hinman, dau. of Benjamin and Elizabeth
Hinman of Salem. He d. 23 May, 1868, ae. 58 years. She d. 13
May, 1890, ae. 76 yrs., 2 ms. Five children :
1. Abbie B., b. 14 Dec, 1836, m. 19 Sept., 1855, Joseph E. Phippen, son
of Benjamin and Mary ^L Phippen of Salem. Child:
i) Mary Abbie, b. 20 July, i860, d. 10 Mar., 1861.
2. Hannah S., b. 4 Dec, 1839, m. 8 Dec, 1859, Bernard IV. Hanscom
of Eliot, Me., who d. in Charlestown, Mass., 31 Dec, 1871, se. 35 yrs., 4 ms.
Three children :
i) Carrie S., b. 8 Apr,, 1862, m. 29 Dec, 1879, Andrew D. Gardner, and
had: Albert B., b. 28 Apr., 1880. 2) Ittai Perry, b. 15 July, 1864, m. 5 Oct.,
1884, Florence Martin, and had: Carrie E., b. 6 May, 1885. Ittai P., b. 28
Oct., 1887. Charles E., b. 9 Jan., 1889. Harold P., b. 26 Mar., 1892.
Helen E., b. 18 Feb., 1894. Walter C, b. 19 Jan., 1896. 3) Justin D., b.
22 May, 1869.
286 Ja.mes Lane and Descendants.
3. Mary Elizabeth, b. 28 Apr., 1842, d. I May, 1847, ce. 5 years.
4. Lucy A., b. 12 Sept., 1844, m. 27 Sept., 1866, John H. Hamilton, and
d. 4 Jan., 1885. Son:
i) Charles Henry, b. 4 Jan., 1867, d. 12 Aug., 1867.
5. Mary E., b. 17 Dec, 1849, i^- ^5 Sept., 1867, Eugene L. Thomas of
Salem, Mass., and d. 24 Dec, 1879, se. 30 yrs., 7 ds. Five children:
i) Eugene Perry, b. I Jan., 1868, m. 3 July, 1893, Rachel Peach of
Marblehead, Mass., and had: John Y., b. 4 Oct., 1894. 2) Mary Abbie, b.
5 Sept., 1869, m. 2 Dec, 1891, Fred Moore of Lynn, Mass., and had:
Everett, b. 9 Mar., 1894. 3) Melissa C, b. 12 Aug., 1874. 4) Frank
Augustus, b. 24 May, 1878, d. 25 Aug., 1878 5) Carrie H., b. 6 Aug., 1879.
III. Fr.ancis L., b. 8 Feb., 1814, a pilot of Salem harbor, Mass.,
m. 8 Dec, 1833, Mary Ann Clough, dau. of William and Hannah
Clough of Salem. He d. 1 1 Aug., 1895, 3e. 81 yrs., 6 ms. His
widow was living with a dau. in Salem, 1896. Ten children :
Mary Attn, b. 22 Feb., 1834, d. Sept., 1836.
Mary Ann, b. 20 Dec, 1837, d. Jan., 1838.
Francis E., b. 24 Feb., 1839, d. Aug., 1870.
Annie A., b. 2 Apr., 1841, d. Aug., 1865.
Horace S.,\). 2 June, 1843, d. in the Civil War.
George V., b. 25 Dec, 1845, d. 20 Oct., 1853.
7. Ittai, b. 6 Jan., 1849, d. 20 July, 1880.
8. Mary Ellen, b. 2 July, 1850, m. 28 Nov., 1868, George A. Caswell.
Four children :
i) Francis E., b. Sept., 1869, m. 1892, Katie Cole, and had: Bessie, b.
Feb., 1895. 2) Arthur, b. Nov., 1870. 3) M. Lizzie, b. 4 Dec, 1872, d.
31 Dec, 1892, re. 20 yrs., 27 ds. 4) Nellie, b. Nov., 1874.
9. Hannah F., b. 8 Apr., 1855, m. 1877, Lewis Bartlett, and had:
i) Charles H., b. 17 Sept., 1887. 2) Hattie, b. Jan., 1890.
10. George Z., b. 8 Apr., 1858, d. 25 Aug., 1883, re. 25 yrs., 5 ms., 17 ds.
80.
Capt. NATHAN FRVP: of Salem, Mass., m. as "Mary," POLLY
LANE^ (Levi^\ Josiah"*, James-'', John^, James') ; she b. Boston,
Mass., 4 Mar., 1784, and d. 24 June, 1848. He d. 13 Feb., 1873;
both are buried in Dorchester, Mass., North Cemetery. He was
a sea captain in the East India trade, and a son of Benjamin and
Sarah (Templeton) Frye of Salem, Mass., a lieutenant in the army
of the Revolution, and descended from John Frye, who came from
England in the ship Bevis in 1638, and settled in Newbury and
afterward Andover, ^Llss.
Family Eighty. 287
Children :
I. Nathan, Jr., b. Salem, Mass., lo Dec, 1817, a sea captain.
When quite young he left home to seek his fortune in distant lands.
After visiting many places in the East Indies, he settled in the
island of Mauritius, where he founded shipping docks and re-
mained as manager until a few days prior to his death. He m. in
Mauritius, 27 July, 1847, Louisa Elizabeth Davy; she b. Mau-
ritius, 13 Sept., 1827, and d. 13 Apr., 1874. He d. at Port Louis,
Mauritius, 15 June, 1882.
"Was always kind and charitable, upright and just in all his
dealings. A lifetime of genial hospitality, in addition to his many
good qualities, gained him a numerous circle of appreciating
friends ; and he was finally laid to rest in the picturesque little
church yard of St. Thomas. Scarcely a prettier resting place could
be found than these tastefully arranged grounds of the quiet country
church." — Louisa Frye Prentiss.
Issue :
1. John Davy, b. 6 Nov., 1848, d. Aug., 1884.
2. Mary Elizabeth, b. 25 Nov., 1849, d. 29 May, 1874.
3. Henry James, b. 5 Jan., 1850, d. Aug., 1871.
4. Louisa, b. 23 Mar., 1851, m. 16 Dec, 1873, Thomas Theodore Prentiss
of Vermont, U. S. A. Children:
i) James Eugene, b. 11 Sept., 1874. 2) Thomas, b. i May, 1876. 3)
May Louisa Lydia, b. 19 Apr., 1880. 4) Ethel Maud, b. 9 Mar., 1882, d.
23 Feb., 1883. 5) Christine Hazel, b. 25 Dec, 1887.
5. Uicy, b. 30 Aug., 1855.
6. Grace, b. 22 June, 1857, d. 10 Dec, 1861.
7. Martha Georgina, b. 23 Apr., i860.
8. Alice Maria, b. 2 June, 1861.
9. Letvis Pozvell, b. 21 Mar., 1863.
10. Annie, b. 3 May, 1866.
H. Joseph, b. 22 Nov., 181 9, a carriage manufacturer. South
Boston, Mass., m. first, 20 Apr., 1842, Sarah Faxon; m. second,
21 July, 1853, Amelia Clapp. He d. Sharon, Mass., 7 Oct., 1893,
and is buried in Dorchester, Mass., North Cemetery. Children by
first marriage :
I. yudith Maria, b. 30 Jan., 1844, m. 18 Aug., 1864, James Warren
Mitchell, and d. 8 Apr., 1873. Children:
i) Edith Faxon, b. 1866. 2) Nathan, b. 1868. 3) Charles Frye, b. 28
Mar., 1873.
28H James Lane and Descendants.
2. Mary Elizabeth, b. 5 Mar., 1846, m. 6 June, 1871, Melvin Adams.
Children :
i) Mary Elizabeth, b. 31 Mar., 1874. 2) Louise, b. 23 Aug., 1876.
Child by second marriage :
3. Francis Henry, b. 15 Nov., 1857, m. 27 July, 1882, Mary Florence
Clark, Children :
i) Frank Edwin, b. 6 Apr., 1883, d. 18 May, 1883. 2) Frank Clark, b.
6 June, 1884. 3) Charles Harper, b. 26 Feb., 1886. 4) Walter Joseph, b.
5 Nov., 1888. 5) Marion Louise, b. i Jan., 1896.
in. William, b. Salem, 29 Apr., 1822, mason and contractor,
assistant inspector of buildings for the city of Boston, Mar. 6, 1873,
to his death, 4 Sept., 1895. He m. Sept., 1849, ^^ Philadelphia,
Ann Jane Birnie; she b. New York, 30 Aug., 1825, and d. in
Roxbury, Mass., 5 July, 1890. He was a member of Washington
Lodge of Masons, Roxbury, and was buried at Mt. Hope Cemetery,
Boston. Children :
1. Mary Lane, b. Philadelphia, 17 Mar., 1 85 1, and resided in Roxbury,
Mass.
2. George Birnie, b. Millburn, 111., 27 Apr., 1855, m. Sept., 1890,
Rebecca Eleanor Robinson, of St. Louis, and lives in the West.
IV. Francis Henry, b. Boston, 31 Aug., 1827, d. unm. 24
Sept., 1846, buried in Dorchester, North Cemetery.
81.
JOSEPH WARREN LEWIS, 1 784-1844, was born 20 Sept.,
1784, of the famous Lewis family of Boston, Mass., ship-masters
and sailors. He became a wealthy merchant in the city and d. of
apoplexy, 11 May, 1844. He m. i May, 1808, NANCY or ANN
LANE'^^ (Levi\ Josiah', James"', John-, James') ; she b. in Boston,
21 June, 1786, and d. in Bristol, R. I., 13 July, 1856.
Children :
I. Joseph Henry, b. 7 Feb., 1809, d. Dec, 1813.
136. TT. Julia Ann, b. 20 Mar., 181 1, m. Charles Frederick
Herreshuff.
HI. Caroline Louisa, b. Boston, 18 Feb., 181 3, d. Bristol, 8
Dec, 1865.
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Dr. Richards m. 5 Feb., 1862, Susan Dearborn; she b. 2 Jan.,
1840, dau. of Edmund and Ahiiira (Cobb) Dearborn of Bridgton,
Me. Their children born in South Paris :
1. Flora May, b. 17 Nov., 1862.
2. Wilson Lane, b. 24 May, 1865.
3. Susan Almira, b. 1 1 July, 1867.
83,
AMMI RUHAMAH LANE6 (Francis^, Josiah^, James3, John2,
James^), 1794-1863, b. North Yarmouth, Me., 7 Mar., 1794, was
named for Rev. Ammi Ruhamah Cutter, first minister of North
Yarmouth, 1 730-1 735. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and
Aroostook war, so called. He bought land in Minot, Me., of
Francis Lane, for $330, Mar. 20, 1815, and sold 50 acres of land
in Minot, to Francis Lane, for $T,T,Ti, Feb. 20, 181 7. Mr. Lane m.
21 Dec, 1824, ELIZA WHITEHOUSE of Oxford, Me. He re-
sided in Minot, Oxford and South Paris, Me. He d. at South
Paris, 16 June, 1863, ae. 69 yrs., 3 ms ,9 ds., a gentle, sympathetic,
worthy man. His widow, b. 18 Oct., 1809, received a life pension
for his service as a soldier and d. 18 Jan., 1884, ae. 74 1-4 years.
Their children :
L Zenas", b. 10 Nov., 1825, m. Judith Safford, and resided at
North Turner Bridge, Me. Mr. and Mrs. Lane made a very
pleasant visiting trip to brothers, sisters and friends in Massachu-
setts, in the spring of 1883. Willie F. Young was appointed ad-
ministrator on the estate of Zenas Lane of Turner, March, 1892.
n, Betsey G.~, b. 4 July, 1827, m. Samuel Rogers, a merchant
residing Attleborough, Woburn and Taunton, Mass. Their children :
I. Delia, b. 1849, m. 2. Edunn F., b. 1851, m, 3. F.va Clara, b.
1853, m. 4. Cora Elizabeth, b. 1855, m. and lived at Mt. Sterling, 111.
5 and 6. Son and Daughter, twins, b. 1857, d.
HL Oilman G.~, b. Oxford, Me., 26 Dec, 1829, at one time
engaged in extensive building operations in Cambridge, Mass. In
1868, he moved to Woodsford Corner, Deering, Me., where he
continued his business of building and was party to transfer of real
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Family Eichty.-Four. 291
estate, 1868-1870. He built many of the handsomest residences
in that part of Portland, iSIe., and was twice selectman of the old
town of Deering. He m. Mary Guptill, and d. Feb., 1900, ae. 70
years. Children :
I. Bion R}, of the firm of John W. Perkins & Co., Portland, Me. 2.
Mahel^.
IV. America^, b. 22 Nov., 1831, m. Eliza A. Fuller, and res.
Union, N. H.
V. Philenah G.~, b. 26 Dec, 1836, m. Alonzo Palmer, in em-
ploy of the Old Colony railroad ; res. Quincy, Mass.,
VI. Am.mi Franklin^, b. 2 Apr., 1843, sometimes known as
"Frank A.," m. Mary Knight; res. Topeka, Kan.
VII. Frances Ann", b. i July, 1845, "^' Enoch E. Hall, a
trader ; res. Quincy, Mass.
VIII. Oscar G."^, b. 11 Oct., 1855, m. Nelly Talbert; res.
Quincy and Dorchester, Mass.
84.
MARK LANE'"' (Mark'', Josiah^, James^, John-, James^), 1804-
189 1, b. Gloucester, Mass., 28 June, 1804, lived when a boy with
his grandmother Abigail, who had m. "Joseph Caffareen the school-
master," sea captain, res. Gloucester, Mass. He was a bright man
and well remembered his "uncle Frank," Capt. Francis Lane, "who
used to come from Maine to Gloucester in the fall of the year to
get pollock to carry home." He m. 24 Dec, 1827, by Rev. Ezra
Learned, CLEMENTINA YOUNG; she b. 20 Dec, 1805, dau.
of William and Olive (Woodbury) Young.
"A smart Old Couple. Capt. Mark Lane 82 years of age and wife 81 years
of age were lately seen walking through Proctor's House Paper Gallery."- —
Cape Ann Advertiser ^ 1886.
Capt. Lane d. 25 Apr., 1891, 20,. ^6 yrs., 9 ms., 27 ds. Mrs.
Lane d. 5 Jan., 1S96, ae. 91 yrs., 15 ds.
292 James Lane and Descendants.
Children :
I. Mark, Jr."^, b. Gloucester, i8 Nov., 1828, not m., d. 20 June,
1891.
II. Clementina', b. 13 Oct., 1830, m. 16 July, 1848, by Rev.
Josiah K. Waite, Richard W. Ricker, a stone cutter and widower,
ae. 27 years, son of Levi and Eliza Ricker of Sanford, Me. She d.
31 Jan., 1856.
III. Oscar", b. 7 July, 1833, d. 18 Aug., 1833.
IV. Andrew Jackson", b. 15 Mar., 1835, d. 16 Mar., 1836.
V. FiTZ~, b. 3 Oct., 1837, d. 25 Feb., 1838.
VI. Ora Anna"^, b. 25 June, 1839, m. 17 Jan., 1864, by Rev.
W. C. High, Walter H. Small; he mariner, b. 8 Sept., 1833, son
of John and Susan (Thurston) Small of Deer Island, Me.
VII. Victoria", b. 20 Mar., 1842, d. 20 Jan., 1846.
VIII. William Henry"', b. 17, bap. 22 Sept., 1845, ^- 25 Oct.,
1877, ^- 32 years. Buried at Oak Grove, Gloucester.
85.
GEORGE WASHINGTON LANE^ (Mark^, Josiah-*, James^
John-, James'), 181 2-1 894, b. Annisquam, Gloucester, Mass., 181 2,
fish merchant at Annisquam, representative for Gloucester in Mas-
sachusetts Legislature, 1833, subscriber to Hampton Lane monu-
ment, 1886; m. 15 Dec, 1835, TAMAZINE THURSTON; she
b. Waltham, Mass., dau. of Nathaniel and Eliza (Gee) Thurston.
She d. 4 Mar., 1892, ae. 75 yrs., 4 ms., 24 ds. He d. 7 Mar.,
1894, je. 81 yrs., 13 ds. They are buried at Locust Grove, Lanes-
ville, Mass.
Children :
I. Nancy", b. about 1837, m. 25 Sept., 1858, by Rev. F. N.
Peloubet, Thaddeus Wheeler ; he mariner, b. Rockport, Mass.,
about 1826, son of David and Mary Wheeler.
II. George \V., Jr.', b. about 1839, "lariner, m. 13 Nov., 1870,
.iAKK i-AIiE.
Family Eighty- Six. 293
by Calvin W. Poole, Justice of the Peace, Hannah Geyer of Rock-
port, Mass.; she b. about 1846, in Bristol, Me., dau. of Charles
and Jane Geyer of Maine. He d. Danvers, Mass., 11 Sept., 1894,
ge. 55 yrs., 9 ms., 27 ds. Child:
I. Charles^, b. 13 May, 1 87 1.
HI. Tam.\zena", b. about 1841, m. 9 Sept., 1861, by Rev. I. C.
Thacher, Albert Story; he b. Rockport, about 1838, son of John
and Abigail Story.
IV. Frederick T.~, b. about 1845, mariner, m. 27 Oct., 1878,
by Rev. George E. Sanderson, Christie A. Sutherend ; she b.
Cape Breton, about 1852, dau. of David and Annie (Stewart)
Sutherend.
V. Daughter', b. 25 Nov., 1846.
VI. Mary Ellen^, b. 7 Apr., 1851, m. 29 July, 1879, by Rev.
George E. Sanderson, George C. McKenzie ; he b. Valesville,
Conn., son of William and Temperance (Hall) McKenzie.
86.
JOHN LAXE« (David■^•^ John^-2, James^), 1774-1824, b.
Lanesville, Mass., bap. Annisquam, 21 Aug., 1774, a mariner of
Gloucester, Mass. He ent. int. of m. 14 Nov., and m. 3 Dec,
1795, by* Rev. Eh Forbes, ESTHER WHITE. He d. 27 Feb.,
1824, ae. 49 years, leaving widow, Esther, and children.
Administration on his estate was granted to Samuel Lane, Esq., 18 Jan.,
1825. Inventory returned, 3 Feb., 1825, included "one-third of the schooner
Rainbow," and one-half of a pew in Annisquam meeting-house. Esther
Lane, widow, received allowance from the estate, 15 Feb., 1825, for which
she gave a receipt, 30 Aug., 1830. Account of administration was allowed 2
Nov., 1830.
Upon the settlement of the estate of their grandfather, Capt. David Lane,
three sons were placed under the guardianship of their mother, 22 Apr., 1 831,
viz., Henry W. Lane, age 20, Charles H. Lane, age 16, and Thomas L. Lane,
age 14. Appraisers were appointed, 3 May, 1831; inventory taken 12 Dec,
1831, and returned 10 Apr., 1832. The estate of each of the three sons in-
294 James Lane and Descend.^nts.
eluded "one undivided eighth part of his deceased father's share of the real
estate of David Lane deceased." — Essex Co. Recojui.
Esther, widow of John Lane, d. 27 June, 1853, se. 78 years.
"Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord."
— Tombstone.
Children :
L Esther'', m. 17 Nov., 1816, by Rev. Ezra Learned, Joseph
Bailey, Jr. '
n. Peleg", m. 31 July, 181 7, Thomas T. Low.
II L Martha", m. Andrew H. Langsford.
IV. Eliza W.^, m. 14 Nov., 1822, David Donxahue.
V. John', m. Miss Munsey of Gilford, N. H. A son who served
in the Civil War was accidentally shot after the war in GilTord.
137. VI. Henry White"^, b. 1811, m. Louisa Sanders.
VII. Charles Hodgkins", undertaker, Lanesville, Mass., ent.
int. of m. 2, and was pub. 8 Nov., 1840, with Eliza Gould; she
b. Boxford, Mass., dau. of John and Polly (Prince) Gould. He
d. 23 Jan., 1872, ae. 57 yrs., 4 ms., 17 ds." She d. his widow, 4
Nov., 1887, ae. ^■^^ yrs., 4 ms., 25 ds. No children.
VIII. Thomas Low", b. 181 7, unni.
87.
DAVID LANF/' (David■-^ John^-^, James'), 1776-1833, b.
Lanesville, Mass., 3 July, 1776, bap. 14 July, 1776, mariner,
admitted to the church, 21 June, 1800; ent. int., 23 Dec, 1797,
and m. 24 Jan., 1798, by Rev. Daniel Fuller, ABIGAIL LANE-^
(Solomon^, Joseph^, John-, James') ; she bap. 25 Mar., 1779, and
d. 22 Feb., 1812, ae. 32 yrs., 10 ms., 10 ds.
"Free froru this world of noise and strife,
She's present with the Lord;
The labour of a mortal life
Ends in a large reward."
— Family Record.
Family Eighty-Sevfn. 295
Mr. Lane m. second, i8 Jan., 1814, MARY COOK, m. n. Gott,
dau. of James and Lucy. He d. 15 May, 1833, ae. 57 years.
Administration on his estate was granted to Samuel Lane, Esq., Aug. 4,
1835; Gideon Lane, Jr., was an appraiser; inventory presented, Aug. 31,
1835. Mary Lane, widow, "having four children with her," was granted
allowance, Sept. i, 1835. She d. 4 May, 1868, ce. 75 yrs., 5 ms., 4 ds. —
Essex Co. IVills.
It used to be said of David, Epes and Joseph Lane: "Better man never
lived, but never men had more vixenish wives."
Sixteen children :
L Abigail", b. 20 June, bap. 27 Oct., 1799, m. 17 Oct., 181 6,
by Rev. Ezra Learned, William Dadk, and d. 26 Aug., 1825.
IL David", b. 20 July, 1801, d. 19 Aug., 1801.
IIL Adk:linf7, b. 21 July, 1803, m. 3 Dec, 1825, by Rev. Ezra
Learned, David Story, and had :
I. Adeline. 2. Mary. 3. Ellen. 4. Son.
IV. Eveline"^, b. 14 June, 1805, d. 3 Oct., 1806.
V. Daughter", b. 15 Oct., 1806, d. same day.
VL S(^N~, b. 15 Sept., 1809, d. 21 Sept., 1809.
\l\. Twin Sons", b. 3 Aug., 1810; one d. same day.
VIIL The Other, d. 5 Apr., 181 1.
By second marriage :
138. IX. David", b. 10 Oct., 1814, m. Mary P. Allen.
X. Child", d. Aug., 181 7, se. about 8 months.
139. XL James Monroe", b. 22 June, 18 19, m. Elizabeth
Harvey and Lucretia R. Hodgkins.
XII. Child", b. 17 Aug., 182 1, d 24 Aug., 1821.
XIII. Eveline", b. 17 Aug., 1822, m. Andrew Riggs, and had:
I. Augusta. 2. Elizabeth. 3. Maria. 4. Mary.
140. XIV. John', b. 6 Dec, 1824, m. Mary Ann Figgies.
XV. Abigail", b. 21 July, 1828, ent. int., 15 Mar., and m. 6
Apr., [844, by Rev. Maxy B. Newell, Daniel Broughton Hodg-
kins of Annisquam, miller, and had :
I. Daniel Greenleaf. 2, David. 3. Elizabeth Abby . 4. Rufus Choate.
5. Arianna. 6. Edioard. 7. Hoioard Adams. 8. Anna Mary, b. 4
Apr., 1 86 1. 9. Everett Nelson.
29r) James Lane and Descendants.
XVI. George Washington", b. i July, 1835, m. Annie E. Riggs,
and d. 2 June, 1859, ae. 23 yrs., 11 ms. Daughter.
I. A}in EJ^, b. 29 Aug., d. 22 Sept., 1859, ?e, 21 days.
88.
EPES LANE6 (David5-4, John^-^, Jamesi), 1778-1860, b. Lanes-
ville, Mass., 10 Apr., bap. Annisquam, 19 Apr., 1778, and admitted
to the Third church, 10 June, 1801. The firm of Epes and Samuel
Lane, traders, Gloucester, Mass., had claims against the estate of
Zacheus Lane, 1824, and against their father's estate, 1831.
Epes Lane ent. int. of m. 8 Feb., and m. 11 Mar., 1800, SU-
SANNA YOL^NG, a sister of Daniel Young, who m. his sister, Han-
nah Lane. She was bap. and d. 5 Sept., 181 1. He m. second,
July, 181 2, SALLY HUMPHREY WOODBURY; she was dau. of
James and Fanny (Pierce) Woodbury, and d. 14 Nov., 1888, ae.
95 years. He d. of influenza only three days sick, 18 Feb., i860,
ae. 81 yrs., 10 ms.
Children :
L ^LARV~, b. 18 Mar., bap. 29 Aug., 1801, m. 3 Dec, 1825,
MoNTfiOMERY ROBERTS, and had :
I. A/ace. 2. Epes. 3. Hoiuard. 4. Gilbert. 5. Everett. 6.
Another.
141. H. David", b. 17 Dec, 1802, m. Hannah Lane.
142. HL Epes"^, b. 2 Oct., 1804, bap. 28 Apr., 1805, m.
I\L\RV Adaline Story.
IV. Susan Ann"^, b. i June, 1807, m. 7 Dec, 1823, and d. 8
Jan., 1847, ae. 39 yrs., 7 ms., 6 ds. Their son, Warren Basseit,
was a LTiiversalist minister at Annisquam, Mass.
143. V. James Sawyer", b. i i June, 1809, bap. 9 July, 1810,
m. Sarah Pool.
By second marriage.
144. VL William"^, b. 18 Apr., 1813, m. >L\rgaret Knowl-
TON.
VH. Child", stillborn, 19 Feb., 18 16.
Family Eighty- Eihht. 21)7
145. VIII. Augustus", b. 31 May, bap. 10 Nov., 181 7, m.
Abigail Dodd.
IX. Sarah Ann", b. i Aug., 181 8, bap. i June, 1819, m. War-
ren Sargent, and had :
I. Alphonso. 2. Warren. 3. Samuel, d. young.
X. Julia", b. 23 Sept., 1820, d. 7 Mar., 1821.
XI. Elizabeth", b. 9 Sept., 1822, bap. 7 Dec, 1823, m. 16
Apr., 1839, Horatio Gates Merchant-^ (Jabez"*--^, Daniel-, Jabez^).
He was b. 181 7, and d. of consumption, 1854. She d. 17 Aug.,
1858. Their children :
I. Thovias, b. 1841. 2. Sarah Elizabeth, b. 1842. 3. John, b. 1844.
4. James IVoodly, b. 1846. 5, Horace iMann, b. 1848. 6. Son. 7.
David, b. 1853.
XII. Child^, b. 23 Mar., 1825, d. 26 Mar., 1825.
XIII. Otis", b. 9 Jan., 1826, d. unm. 21 Mar., 1847, se. 21 yrs.,
2 ms., 10 ds.
"Rest thou in peace. Life's toil is o'er.
Its joys, its sorrows are no more."
— Tombstone.
XIV. Warren''', b. 9 May, 1829, mariner, one of the members
of the Universalist parish of Lanesville at its organization about
1876. He m. 13 June, 1857, Susan F. Cheeney, who d. 18 Feb.,
1893, ?e. 67 yrs., 9 ms., 27 ds., dau. of Isaac and Susan (Swallow)
Cheeney of Dunstable, Mass. Their son :
I. Arthur /F.^, b. I Oct., 1859, mason, m. 13 Mar., 1883, by Rev. John
Peterson, Mary E. Jones; she b. about 1862, dau. of Samuel and Lucy E.
(Younger) Jones of Gloucester, Mass., and had-:
I) Willie 0.», b. 7 July, 1884.
XV. Alphonso^, b. 6 July, 1833, ^^'hile furling jib was washed
off the bowsprit and drowned, near Cape Cod.
146. XVI. Sylvanus Cobb", b. 23 July, 1834, m. Marie
Woodbury.
XVII. Horace C.~, a jeweller in Gloucester, sold his business to
Everett H. Lane of Rockport, Mass.
298 James I.ane and Descendants.
89.
Hon. SAMUEL LANE^ (DavicP-^ John^-s, Jamesi), 094-1873,
b. Lanesville, Gloucester, Mass., 27 Apr., 1894, a prominent
citizen of Gloucester, Mass., and afterwards of Chelsea, Mass.
Samuel Lane, Esq., was attorney for Rebekah Lane in the settlement of the
estate of Zacheus Lane in 1823, and the trade firm of Epes and Samuel Lane,
Gloucester, brought claims against Zacheus Lane's estate in 1824, and against
their father's estate in 183 1. He administered on the estates of John Lane
and of Gideon Lane, Jr., in 1825, and on his father Capt. David Lane's estate,
1826-1831. He was selectman of Gloucester, 1825, 1834, representative
1828 to 1832, and subsequently senator from Essex County. When in 1831,
the pews were sold in the Annisquam church edifice, Samuel Lane bid off
the second choice, and selected an undesirable corner pew on the left of the
pulpit. He was executor of the will of Aaron Lane in 1833, and administra-
tor of estate of David Lane, in 1835. When the Sunday school was or-
ganized at Annisquam in 1836, he was the first superintendent. He removed
to Chelsea, Mass., in 1841, and was a number of years in the Boston Custom
House.
Hon. Samuel Lane, m. first, 10 Sept., t8i6, by Rev. Ezra
Learned, SALLY WILCOME HARRIDEN, m. second, by Rev.
Benjamin H. Clark, 7 >Lay, 1848, Mrs. MARTHA (Story) DEN-
NISON ; she b. about 1804, dau. of James and Sally Story. He
d. at Chelsea, Mass., 29 Mar., 1873, in his 8oth year. She d. at
Newton, Mass., 7 Oct., 1897, se. 93 yrs., 10 ms,, 24 ds.
Children :
L Theresa Burnham"^, b. 30 >Lir., 181 8, d. 30 July, 1820.
n. Theresa Burnham", b. i July, 1820, m. Mr. Willis of
Chelsea, Mass.
HL Rachel", b. 29 Mar., 1822, d. 23 Dec, 1824.
IV. Samuel Adams'^, b. 4 .^ug., 1828, d. in minority, unm.
V. Edward Hh-l", b. 3 Oct., 1830, not m.
VL Sarah .A.ugusta', b. 12 July, 1833, m. first, Qulmby;
m. second, Warren Poole of Wakefield, Mass.
Family Ninety- One. 299
90.
JOSEPH LANE, sd.e (Calebs Joseph^-^ John^, James'),
1 787-1827, b. Annisquam, Mass., i May, 1787, m. 18 Dec, 1808,
by Rev. Ezra Learned, LUCY ANN GOTT, dau. of James and
Lucy Gott, and sister of David Lane's^ second wife, (David^-'*,
John^--, James'). He was buried 8 Jan., 1827, ae. about 38 years.
'She d. 17 Apr., 1864, ae. 74 yrs., 9 ms.
Children :
L Joseph^, b. 1813, fisherman, res. Dedham, Mass., m. 22 Apr.,
1858, by Rev. S. E. Pierce, ^L\RGARE'IT Albright or Albride ; she
b. Weymouth, N. S., 1829, and d. 16 May, 1864, ae. ;^;^ yrs., 8
ms., dau. of Henry and Rachel Albride. He d. 15 Aug., 1881, ae.
68 years. Buried at Mount Adnah, Annisquam. Children :
1. Hem-y lVilso?i^, b. 1850, d. unm. 9 Jan., 1886, x. 26 yrs., 7 ms., 16 ds.
2. Eugenia^, b. 24 July, 1861, m. 6 May, 18S6, by Rev. James W. Hig-
gins, Saffiuel A. Elwelh, he paving cutter, b. Gloucester, Mass., about 1854,
son of Fitz and Caroline (Robinson) Elwell.
3. Ernest J}^ b. 1864, m. Margaret Conness, and d. 8 May, 1896, ae. 32
yrs., 3 ms., 20 ds.
H. Aaron''', b. 1815, mariner, m. first, 25 Aug., 1845, by Rev.
Joseph A. Bartlett, Harriet G. Norwood, dau. of Charles Nor-
wood of Gloucester, who d. 10 Apr., 1862, ae. 39 yrs., 2 ms., m.
second, 29 Oct., 1864, by Rev. S. Chapin, Mrs. MAR(iARET A. C.
Throp; she b. Boston, >Liss., dau. of Ezekiel and Nancy Cushing.
He d. at Bay View, Gloucester, 19 Aug., 1884, ae. 68 yrs., 3 ms.
Mrs. Lane m. third, 29 Apr., 1886, her age 45, by Rev. J. J.
Lewis, Albert Davis; he carpenter, b. Gloucester, age 52, his first
m., son of George and Lydia (Phipps) Davis.
HL Martha Washington", at the age of 22 yrs., m. 7 Apr.,
1849, by Rev. W. S. Clarke, John Rk^gs, Jr.; his age'28 yrs., son
of John and Alice Riggs. Children :
I George. 2. Alice.
91.
WILLL\M SAVILLE LANE« (Calebs Joseph^-s, John"-^,
James^), 1 791-1837, b. Annisquam, Gloucester, Mass., 5 Sept.,
300 James Lane and Descendants.
bap. 6 Nov., 1 791, m. 19 Nov., 181 8, by Rev. Ezra Learned,
SALLY TARR. He was lost at sea, Apr. 24, 1837.
Children born in Gloucester :
L Willlam", b. 19 Aug., 1820.
n. George^, b. 20 Aug., 1823.
in. Sarah''', b. 12 Feb., 1827.
IV. Frederick T.~, b. 30 Jan., 1830, mariner, m. 30 Jan., 1853,
by William Poole, Esq., Justice of the Peace, Jane B. Webster ;
she b. Rockport, Mass., about 1835, dau. of George and Sarah
Webster. He d. 8 Sept., 1869, at Peek's Island, Me., ae. t^S yrs.,
8 ms.
92.
THEODORE LANE« (Calebs Joseph^-^ John2, Jamesi),
1 808-1 885, b. Annisquam, Mass., 24 Jan., 1808, mariner, had
wife, CLARISSA LOWE STEELE; she b. 21 Sept., 1816. They
celebrated their golden wedding about 1880, at 3 School street,
Gloucester. He d. i Sept., 1885, ae. 77 yrs., 7 ms., 7 ds., leaving
her a widow. Monument at Oak Grove, Gloucester.
Children :
I. Theodore, Jr.~, b. 12 Mar., 1834, d. 26 Mar., 1836.
II. Clarissa", b. 24 Apr., 1836, d. 25 June, 1836.
III. Clarissa", b. 4 Oct., 1837.
IV. Edwin Lewis", b. 23 Aug., 1840, carpenter, chief engineer
of Gloucester fire department, m. 27 July, 1864, by Rev. G. W.
Skinner, Mary S. James; she b. about 1843, dau. of George and
Fanny James. Their son :
I. Ilertnan Z.^, b. about 1865, clerk, m. 24 Dec. 1889, by Rev. W. H.
Rider, Addie L. Sicain; she b. about 1863, dau. of Isaac and Susan J.
(Stewart) Swain of Nova Scotia.
V. Lavinia", b. 13 Aug., 1843, d. 9 Oct., 1857, ae. 14 yrs., i
mo., 23 ds.
VI. Herman", b. 27 Mar., 1847, drowned near Laker's Island,
5 May, 1864, ae. I 7 yrs., 2 ms., 8 ds.
Family Ninety-I^hree. 301
VII. Adeline*, b. 25 July, 1848, d. 28 Sept., 1848.
VIII. Izeite'', b. I Jan., 1854, d. 23 Aug., 1854,26. 7 ms., 23 ds.
IX. Clara M.", b. 29 Noy., 1856* d. 20 Oct., 1857, ?e. 10 ms.,
21 ds.
X. Cyrus Ed\yard~, b. 13 Xoy., i860.
93.
GIDEON LANEfi (Gideon^ Joseph^-^, John^ James») 1798-
1875, ^- Annisquam, Mass., 10 Dec, 1798, bap. 3 July, 1799, m. ■
2 May, 1822, by Rev. E. Learned, ABIGAIL GOTT, and d. in
Gloucester, 25 Dec, 1875, ^- 7 7 Y^^v 15 (^s. She d. 30 Xoy.,
1877, se. 77 yrs., 8 ms., 4 ds. They were buried at Clark's Yard,
Gloucester.
Children :
I. Adigail"^, b. 28 Dec, 1822, m. 2 Nov., 1845, by Rev. Josiah
K. Waite, William C. Douglass, son of Jonathan and Sarah Doug-
lass of Gloucester.
II. Elizabeth Ann", b. 28 Dec, 1822.
III. Elizabeth Ann'', b. 24 Sept., 1824, m. 27 Apr., 1846, by
Rev. Josiah K. Waite, Thomas, son of Jeremiah Coos. They had :
I. Mary .1)1)1, b. i Mar., 1847.
IV. Ellen Frances", b. 9 Dec, 1828.
V. Edward"^, b. 19 July, 1832, shipman, m. 10 Mar., 1857, by
Rev. X. A. Soule, Susan D. Seayey, who d. 23 June, 1885, se. 52
yrs., 4 ms., 20 ds., dau. of Moses P. and Leonora D. Seavey of
Chelmsford, Mass. They had :
I. Echua)-d Fra}icis^, b. 27 Oct., 1859, in trade, Gloucester.
VI. Lucy Lowe", b. 13 Aug., 1834, m. 17 Nov., 1853, by Rev.
A. D. Mayo, Epes M. Parkhurst; he b. about 1828, son of Hugh
and Mary /\nn Parkhurst of Gloucester.
VII. Amelia Beach", b. 8 Sept., 1837, m. 24 Apr., 1859, by
Rev. Nathan A. Soule, John J. Hadley; he b. about 1837, at
Guysboro, N. S., son of George and Elizabeth Hadley.
302 James Lane and Descendants.
94.
SAMUEL ROBINSON LA"NE*5 (Gideon^ Joseph^-s, John^
James'), 1806-1881, b. Annisquam, Mass., 6 June, 1806, res.
Gloucester, Mass., m. MARTHA WATSON ; she b. Gloucester,
25 July, 1 81 5, dau. of George and Martha (Friend) Watson. Mr.
Lane d. 12 Sept., 1881, ae. 75 yrs., 3 ms. Mrs. Lane d. 18 June,
1882, ae. 66 yrs., 10 ms., 24 ds. Monument in Lot 436, Oak
Grove cemetery, Gloucester. "Mrs. Lane leaves two adult sons,
three married daughters and a wide circle of relatives and friends
to treasure pleasant memories of her well spent life."
Children :
L Martha Ann"^, b. 20 Nov., 1834, m. 30 Nov., 1858, by Rev.
W. R. Mellen, William S. Wonson; he trader of Gloucester, b.
about 1828, son of Samuel and Eliza Wonson, his second marriage.
IL Eleanor Watson^, b. 12 Dec, 1836, m. 4 June, 1856, by
Rev. Robert P. Rogers, Edward L. Rowe ; he b. about 1833, sail-
maker, son of James and Parmelia Rowe of Gloucester. Children :
1. Son, d. 36. 2 yrs., ii ms., 21 ds.
2. Daughter, d. se. 2 yrs., i mo., 3 ds.
3. Daughter, d. s. lO ms., 27 ds.
II L Amanda', b. 9 July, 1839, m. 13 Apr., 1876, by Rev.
Richard Eddy, Solomon F. Root ; he merchant of Hinsdale, Mass.,
age 49, second marriage ; b. Middlefield, Mass., son of Solomon
and Laura (Mack) Root.
IV. Samuel", b. 27 July, 1S41, fish merchant, firm Samuel Lane
& Brother, Gloucester, m. 26 Dec, 1875, by Rev. Richard Eddy,
Caroline E. Wttham ; she b. Gloucester, 8 June, 1846, d. 20 May,
1896, ae. 49 yrs., 11 ms., 12 ds., dau. of Edward and Jane (White)
Witham. ' Children :
1, Samuel R.^, b. 24 Sept., 1876.
2. Edward /F.-, b. 24 Dec, 1879, d. 3 Aug., 1880, ?e. 7 ms., 10 ds.
V. George E.''', b. about 1844, merchant of Gloucester, m. 11
July, 1883, by Rev. Robert P. Rogers, Lucy Thurston' (Nathan-
ieF'-\ Daniel^, Joseph^--, Daniel'); she b. 11 July, 1848, d. 10
May, 1887, ae. 38 yrs., 10 ms.
Family Nineiv-Six. 808
95.
DAVID SAVILLE LANE'^ (Caleb-^ Josephs, John^, Jamesi),
bap. June, 1807, at Annisquam, Gloucester, Mass., m. 18 Apr.,
1830, by Rev. E. Learned, ELIZA ANN ELWELL.
Children :
I. Harriet Augusta", b. 9 Dec, 1831.
II. Leonard Whalen"^, b. 3 June, 1834.
HI. Mary Axn^, b. 25 Apr., 1837.
IV. David", b. 14 Dec, 1841, d. 25 May, 1844, ae. 2 yrs., 5
ms., II ds.
V. David", mariner, drowned at sea from on board schooner
"General Butler," i^ May, 1868, ae. 24 years.
96.
LAZARUS LANEfi (Caleb^^-', Joseph^, John^, James^), bap.
Annisquam, Gloucester, Mass., 13 Aug., 1809. He settled in
Gloucester, and had wife, RUTH .
Children :
I. Elizabeth A.', b. 1832, m. 25 Oct., 1850, by Rev. A. D.
Mayo, Alfred A. Burnham ; he b. about 1825, son of Gorham
and Sally Burnham of Gloucester, Mass.
II. George W.", b. about 1834, shipmaster and soldier, enlisted
in Co. D, First N. H. Volunteer Cavalry, Feb. 21, 1865, credited
to Guilford, N. H., mustered out, July 15, 1865. He m. 19 Nov.,
1858, by Rev. Samuel A. Gushing, Ann Elizabeth Andrews; she
b. Guysboro, N. S., about 1837, dau. of Isaac Andrews. Their
children :
1. Anna E,"^, b. 29 Aug., 1859.
2. Anna^, b. 14 Sept., i860, m. 28 May, 1879, by Rev. N. H. Martin,
Charles W . Middlcton; he confectioner, b. about 1 862, son of Watson and
Elizabeth (Allen) Middleton of Gloucester.
3. Josephine^, b. I Nov., 1 865.
4. Ilattie Mr, b. about 1868, m. 20 Mar., 1887, Addison G. Stanwood ;
he clerk, b. about 1869, son of David W. and Martha A. (Jewett) Stanwood.
5. Jennie IV.\ b. 22 Feb., 1870, m. 19 Oct., 1887, by Rev. W. H. Rider,
304 James Lane and Descendants.
John E. Staiiwood', he b. about 1864, son of John J. and Judith M. (Ober)
Stanwood of Gloucester.
6. Frederick G.^, d. 23 May, 1876, x. 2 yrs., 6 ms., 25 ds.
7. AW//f J/.^, b. 8 Oct., 1876, m. 21 Nov., 1894, by Rev. George O.
Crosby, Benjamin F. Ttuker ; he b. about 1873, son of John F. and Hen-
rietta (Daggett) Tucker of Gloucester.
8. Willis H}, d. 14 May, 1881, ae. 2 yrs., 4 ms., 25 ds.
III. xA.ugusta~, b. about 1837, m. 9 Dec, 1856, by Rev. Robert
P. Rogers, Frederick Grossman of Weymouth, N. S.
IV. Joseph W? , b. about 1841, seaman U. S. Navy, enlisted at
Portsmouth, N. H., June 22, 1861, served on U. S. S. ''Ohio" and
"Circassian," discharged from receiving ship, N. Y. city, June 10,
1865. He m. 7 June, 1866, by Rev. Mr. Lacount, Clara L.
Chandler; she b. Portsmouth, N. H., about 1849, <^^u- o^ John
and Mahala (Rae) Chandler. He was drowned at the Georges,
Feb., 1879. She m. second, 30 Oct., 1882, Horace F., son of
William and Martha (Hodgkins) Wilson. Lane children :
1. Feuben^, b. 30 Nov., 1869.
2. Abbv W.^ V : , T 1 o
3. George B.' [ twins, b. 10 July, 1872.
4. Abfy^, d. 26 Aug., 1876, i^. 4 ms., I dy.
97.
GYRUS LANE6 (Zacheus\ Caleb*, Joseph-^ John^, Jamesi),
18 1 2-1 889, was b. at Bay View, Gloucester, Mass., 8 June, 181 2,
mariner, m. SARAH ROWE, and d. 22 Nov., 1889, ae. 77 yrs., 5
ms., 14 ds. Buried at Bay View.
Children :
I. James H.~, b. 18 Aug., 1835, mariner, m. 24 Apr., 1864, by
Rev. James M. Bacon of Essex, Mass., Lucy J. Parsons ; she b.
Rockport, Mass., about 1840, dau. of Timothy and Lucy Parsons.
He d. 2 Jan., 1889, ae. 53 yrs., 4 ms., 14 ds. Buried at Bay View.
II. Sarah Frances", d. i Apr., 1853, ae. 15 years.
III. CvRus, Jr.", b. II Sept., 1839, m. 5 June, i860, by Rev. S.
E. Pierce, Lucv Roberts Sargent; she b. about 1841, dau. of
Andrew and I^ucy Sargent. He d. Annisquam, 19 Nov., 1860,
ae. 2 I yrs., 2 ms., 8 ds. Son :
Family Ninety- Eight. 305
I. Cyrus E.'', b. about i86i, stonecutter, m, 17 Feb., 1887, by Rev.
Charles M. Hall, Martha L. Thurston, dau. of James and Martha F. (Hood)
Thurston.
i) Daughter^, b. 3 Sept., 1893.
IV. Abram O.', b. 28 July, 1843, niason, m. 30 Mar., 1867, by
ReY. Lewis Holmes, Emily Daggett of Gloucester ; she b.
about 1850, dau. of William and Judith Daggett. They liYed at
Annisquam, Gloucester, \vhere he d. a \Yido\ver, 15 July, 1882, ae.
39 yrs., 3 ms., 17 ds. Children :
1. Alberta^, b. 7 July, 1868.
2. Emma F.^, b. 5 Sept., 1870.
V. Elizabeth A.', b. 25 Oct., 1845.
VI. George William", b. 12 Mar., 1S49, m. by Rcy. k. M.
Osgood, Fanny BoYNTON ; she b. about 1854, dau. of Abraham
and Hannah J. Boynton of Gloucester.
I. Daughter^, b. 14 July, 1886.
Vn. Charles J.', b. about 1854, stonecutter, m. 25 Aug., 1874,
by ReY. William Hooper, Ellen D. Forbes; she b. LiYerpool, X.
S., about 1855, dau. of James and Eliza (Dexter) Forbes. Their
children :
1. Charles \V.^, b. 4 Mar., 1875.
2. Cyrtis C?, b. 9 Dec, 1877.
3. Cyrus r.^, b. 9 Feb., 1879, d. 5 Apr., 1880, ae. i yr., 3 ms., 26 ds.
4. Cyrus^, h. 30 Nov., 1880.
5. Char/es^, b. 4 Dec, 1881.
6. Barry E.\ b. 7 Nov., 1884, d. 24 Feb., 1885.
98.
NATHANIEL LANE*'> (Nathaniel^ Solomon-*, Joseph^ John^
James'), b. 1802, was a stone mason, Hved at Pigeon CoYe, Rock-
port, Mass., m. 20 Dec, 1830, ESTHER SARGENT, and d. of
consumption, 14 Dec, 1846, ae. 44 years. She d. his widow, 3
June, 1886, ae. 76 yrs., 2 ms., 22 ds., dau. of Samuel and Esther
Sargent of Gloucester, Mass.
Children :
I. Nathaniel', b. 12 Noy., 1831, teamster, m. 31 Dec, 1865,
bY ReY. Thomas Morong, Hannah Wheeler ; she b. Gloucester,
306 Ta:\ies Lane and Descendants.
Mass., about 1836, and d. 4 Jan., 1883, se. 47 yrs., i mo., 28 ds.,
dau. of James and Hannah Wheeler. Children :
1. Laura G .^ , b. II June, 1870, m. 15 Feb., 1892, by Rev. Frederick
Pember, Ralph F. Dodge; he fisherman, b. Beverly, Mass., about 1865, son
of Charles F. and Helen (Moore) Dodge.
2. Oscar S.^, b. about 1871, clerk, m. 18 Dec, 1896, by Rev. Oscar F.
Safford, Louise Bond-, she b. Rockport, about 1872, dau. of Frank and Clara
(Bernard) Bond.
II. John Horace''', b. 31 Aug., 1833, unm., d. 7 May, 1877, ge.
43 yrs., 1 1 ms., 7 ds.
III. Laura A.', b. 26 Aug., 1835, m. 19 Sept., 1855, recorded
II Feb., 1856, by Rev. N. Gunnison, Sylvester Gray of Rock-
port; he b. New York about 1828, son of Samuel and Lydia Gray.
IV. Esther", b. 23 Mar., 1839.
V. Sargent", b. 21 May, 1841.
VI. Mary", b. 30 Aug., 1843.
VII. Susanna''', b. about 1844, m. 20 Jan., 1869, by Rev.
Thomas Morong, 0?^car Ant)REWs ; he b. Gloucester, about 1844,
son of Joseph and Hepsibah Andrews.
VIII. Chh.d^ b. 17 Oct., 1846, d. 26 Dec, 1846.
99.
WENTWORTH RIGGS LAxXE^ (Nathaniel-^ Solomon^, Jos-
eph^, John^, James^), was b. in New Gloucester, Me., 20 Nov.,
1807. He learned the blacksmith's trade with Mr. Burns of New
Gloucester, and in 1826 opened his shop near the village of Ray-
mond, Me. He soon bought a farm which he carried on in con-
nection with his blacksmithing business. He m. 21 Nov., 1833,
LAVINA JORDAN, the widow of Elias Jordan ; she b. Raymond,
Me., 30 Sept., 1S04, the eldest of ten children, and m. first, 14
Sept., 1826. Mr. Jordan d. 10 Feb., 1828, leaving son, Freeman
Jordan, b. 6 Feb., 1827. Mr. Lane was town clerk for a quarter
of a century and postmaster at East Raymond for thirty years,
besides holding other offices. He d. 2 Feb., 1866, and Mrs. Lane
d. 29 Oct., 1857.
lA-
Familv One Hundred. oO
Children :
I. Cyrus"^, b. 15 Sept., 1834, d. 25 July, 18S8.
II. Mary Jane", b. 11 Nov., 1835, m. J. R. Adams.
III. Henry J."^, b. 23 May, 1837, enjoyed the adYantages of a
good public school education. When fourteen years old he became
clerk in a store where he continued for ten years. He entered
business with his brother, Orrin B., at Casco, Me., i860, and at
East Raymond, 1863. The firm created and has continued a good
mercantile business. He held the offices of postmaster, town
treasurer and selectman for nearly a third of a century, and was
representatiYe to the Maine Legislature in 1883. He is a member
of Windham Lodge of A. F. and A. ^Lasons. Mr. Lane m. in
Casco, Me., 28 Mar., 1861, by ReY. E. S. Jordan, ^L\RIA L. Hay-
den. Daughter :
I. Clara B}, b. 16 June, 1862, m. C. K. Richards of Falmouth, Me.
IV. Orrin B.', b. 24 Aug., 1838, receiYed a good practical
common school education. He began to work in a store when
tweh'e years of age, entered into partnership with his brother, Henry
J., in i860, and has continued in the business at East Raymond, Me.
Town clerk, 35 years, representatiYe to the Maine Legislature, 187 1
and 1874. Member of Siloam Lodge of Independent Order of
Odd Fellows at Gray, Me., and of the Sons of Temperance. He
neYer married. — Biographical Review, Cumb. Co., Maine.
V. Chester D.", b. 18 Mar., 1840, m. Rebecca E. Manches-
ter, and resided at Cumberland Mills, Me.
VL Clar-\ J.", b. 8 Apr., 1842, d. 25 Oct., 1857.
VII. Harriet E.', b. 27 Mar., 1844, d. 21 Mar., 1850.
100.
LEWIS LANE6 (Nathaniel^ Solomon-", Joseph-"^, John^ James^),
181 2-1869, b. New Gloucester, Me., March, 181 2, housewright,
m. SALLY T. POOLE, res. Rockport, Mass., where she d. 29
Dec, 1855, ae. 41 years. He was killed on the railroad at Law-
rence, Mass., 3 Dec, 1869, ae. 57 yrs.. 9 ms.
308 James Lane and Descendants.
Children :
I. Lewis", b. 13 Apr., 1836, d. t8 Dec, 1843, ^- 7 y^s-> 8 ms.,
5 (^s.
IL Sallys b. 28 July, 1838. "
IIL Elizabeth", b. 14 July, 1840, d. 13 June, 1842, ae. 2 years.
IV. Elizabeth", b. 4 Sept., 1842.
V. Emma", b. 24 Nov., 1844, unm., drowned 17 May, 1872, ce.
27 yrs., 5 ms.
VL Ada", b. 26 Aug., 1846, d. 30 Apr., 1847, ae. 8 months,
VIL Ada", b. 29 Mar., 1848, d. 28 Sept., 1849, ae. i yr., 7 ms.
VIIL Lewis Pool", b. 15 Feb., 1850, d. 20 Jan., 1851, se. 11
ms., 5 ds.
IX. Son", b. 5 Jan., 1853, d. 20 July, 1853, ae. 5 months.
X. Lewis E."^, b. 1855, mariner, res. Gloucester, pub. 27 Jan.,
m. 28 Jan., 1877, by Rev. S. B. Andrews, Eva A. Smith of Glou-
cester; she b. Rockport, 1862, adopted dau. of Elijah and Helen
M. (Blaisdell) Smith. Their children :
1. Luie^, b. 8 Aug., 1885.
2. Guy Smith^y b. Rockport, 13 Jan., 1888.
3. Carl Elijah^, b. 13 F'eb., 1890.
101.
WILLIAM LANE6 (\Villianv\ Solomon^, Joseph^, John^,
James^), b. Rockport, ]\Iass., 12 Oct., 181 2, carpenter at Rock-
port, had first wife, SALLY, who died 2 Sept., 1849, ^- 34 years,
nearly. He m. second, by Rev. W. C. Clark, RHODA ELWELL;
she b. Rockport, oNIass., about 181 7; dau. of David and Martha
Elwell.
Children born in Rockport :
I. William Henry", b. 19 Oct., 1837, d. 29 May, 1839.
IL William Henry", b. 19 Oct., 1839, carpenter, m. 18 Mar.,
1866, by Rev. C. H. Leonard, Esther Elwell; she b. Rockport,
about 1839, dau. of David and Esther Elwell. Their children :
I. Eva J-ior,'iir,^, d. 8 May, 1 87 1, a?. 3 yrs., 9 ms., 8 ds.
Family One Hundred Two. 309
2. Eva C^, b. Salem, about 1873, ni. 16 June, 1892, by Rev. Edward E.
Small, Williani L. Morrison, carpenter, b. St. John, N. B., about 1868, son
of John and Sarah Morrison.
III. John Albert", b. 16 Jan., 1842,
IV. Frederick", b. 13 Feb., 1845.
V. Eva", b. 9 May, 1849, d. 26 Apr., 1S50, ae. i year.
102.
ALBERT LAXP:*' (William-^ Solomon\ Joseph^ John^, James'),
1816-1860, was b. Rockport, Mass., 26 Oct., i8t6; carpenter
and machinist of Rockport; m. first, 1839, RHODA W. BUT-
^L\N ; she b. Rockport, 22 May, 1817, and d. 10 Sept., 1846,36.
30 yrs., 4 ms., 12 ds., dau. of John and Maria Butman. He m.
second, 4 June, 1848, by Rev. \V. Gale, MARTHA H. BUT-
>LAN, sister of Rhoda W. Butman, b. about 1824, and d. his
widow, 26 July, 18S4, ae. 60 years. He d. 19 Dec, i860, ae. 47
yrs., I mo., 23 ds.
Children :
L M. Isadore", b. about 1843, m. i Apr., 1866, by Rev. L. S.
Watts, Ti.MOTHV Augustus Jacobs; he b. Wells, Me., about 1842,
son of Timothy and Dolly R. Jacobs. He joined the First Con-
gregational Church of Rockport, on profession of faith, July 7,
1861.
n. Albert W.-, b. about 1844, commercial traveling salesman;
m. by Rev. James W. Cooper, Jennie C. Preston ; she b. Rock-
port, about 1848, and d. 16 Mar., 1S77 ; dau. of John and Mary
A. Preston. He m. second, Eliza Winsor of Providence, R. I.
Albert W. Lane joined the First Congregational Church of Rock-
port, on profession of faith. Mar. 7, 1869. His wife, Mrs. Jennie
C. Lane, joined on profession, July 2, 1866. Children :
I. Preston IVahio^, b. 15 Dec, 1876, d. 18 Feb., 1877, ae. 2 ms., 2 ds.
Bv second marriage :
'»'
2. Son"^, b. 24 Jan., 1883, d, same day.
3. Child'^, stillborn, 4 Dec, 1885.
4. Af/iy Whitman'^, b. 9 May, 1891.
HL Alberta H.~, d. 19 Aug., 1874, ?e. 20 yrs., 3 ms.
310 James Lane and Descendants.
103.
Capt. GIDEON LANE, 2(1^, (Gideon'^-^, Joseph^ John^,
James^) 1 791-1865, b. Annisquam, Mass., 31 Aug., 1790, a suc-
cessful ship builder and master, lived in Boston, Annisquam and
Chelsea, Mass.
A party of ladies on board the sloop "Hebe" were very much alarmed
when the wind arose in Annisquam River, Capt. Lane's mother was on board
and tried to calm their fears by telling them that as long as Gideon was at the
helm, there was no danger. This confidence in the seamanship of her son
became a standing joke upon the lady for a long time.
Capt. Lane m. first, 30 Jan., 181 7, DORCAS, dau. of William
BABSON, who was b. 14 Aug., 1793, and d. 16 Oct., 181 7.
" Blest be thy rest, fair dweller of the sky,
Belov'd thou liv'd, lamented thou didst die;
Thy heart was goodness and thy soul was truth,
Now blooms in heaven with an immortal youth;
Soon we shall meet thee on that blissful shore.
Of peace and joy, to part again no more."
— Old Parish Burying Ground, Antiisquain.
He m. second, 1821, ELIZA HARPER PEABODY of Bucks-
port, Me., dau. of Asa and Elizabeth Harper Peabody.
Capt. Lane was allowed a claim against his father's estate, Jan. 17, 1826,
and the same year came from Boston to Gloucester Harbor, in the fishing
schooner "Patriot," and to Annisquam in a wagon. He settled permanently
at Annisquam, in 1827, and the "Patriot" landed his furniture at the wharf
below his house. The post ofifice was first located at the head of Lobster
cove, near the church on the corner, where Mrs. Maria Lane had her flower
garden in 1889. Annisquam was then the most flourishing part of Gloucester.
Vessels of good reputation were then built at 'Squam. Capt. Lane caught
the building mania, and in 1828 he launched a schooner of 90 tons, called the
"St. Thomas," of which Capt. David Lane took charge. In 1831, he
launched the ship "Gloucester," of 348 tons, of which Capt. Oliver Griffin
Lane took the command. This vessel was wrecked near Sydney, Cape Breton,
about 1843. About 1831-33, there was a large fleet of vessels fitting out and
mostly owned here. Capt. Lane reported that at one time there were in the
harbor 65 fishing vessels of different kinds, 6 coasters and 2 or 3 vessels that
went trading "Down East." The mill dam across Goose creek was built in
1834. Capt. Lane and William Hodgkins were owners in the saw and grain
mill erected there. The property is owned by grandsons of Mr. Hodgkins, in
Family One Hundred Three. 311
1898. The chief cause of the decline in the shipping interests of Annisquam
was the money panic of 1837, when President Jackson vetoed the re-chartering
of the U. S. Banks. — George Ethuard Lane.
Capt. Lane was selectman of Gloucester, 1830, '31, '32, '52, '53,
and representative, 1833 and 1834. He d. at Chelsea, Mass., 13
Aug., 1865, ae. 73 yrs., 11 ms. His widow d. 15 May, 1875, se.
72 yrs., 10 ms., 25 ds. They were buried at Annisquam.
Children :
I. Infant Son", b. and d. 15 Oct., 181 7.
147. n. Geo.'^ge Edward"^, b. 19 Feb., 1822, m. Mary Ann
EvEREiT and Sophronia E. Lane.
in. Dorcas Babson", b. Feb., 1824, d. 13 Dec, 1824, ae. 10
months.
IV. Gideon Oscar"^, b. 16 Nov., 1826, d. Chelsea, Mass., unm.,
6 July, 1869, ae. 42 yrs., 7 ms., 20 ds. Buried at Annisquam.
Capt. Gideon Oscar Lane's first voyage as master was in the barque " Arc-
tic." From 1859 to 1862, he sailed in the ship "Martha." From 1862 to
1864, he commanded the ship "Templar," of Boston. In 1865, he became
master of the bartjue "Behring," in which he made his last voyage.
Capt. Lane was an honorable representative of American shipmasters,
intelligent, prompt, enterprising and faithful to his trust, having the entire
confidence of his "owners," and winning the esteem of all with whom he
dealt. He was an example of that high-mindedness, patience and moral
heroism which always secures the safest results in business and the favor of all
true men. More than all, he exemplified the truth that, amid the severer
duties of life and the stern tasks of the sea, the gentler virtues that win the
home and cheer social existence, need not be clouded, but may grow brighter
by the wear of time and the hazards of an exposed life. Capt. Lane made
the entire circuit of the globe twenty-five times, crossed the equator sixty
times, and in all his voyages sailed 630,000 statute miles.
V. Dorcas Babson''', b. Aug., 1828, d. 13 Oct., 1828, ae. 2 ms.
VI. Bertha Ada", b. 13 Sept., 1829, m. J. S. Brown, and d.
1891. Children :
I. Oscar. 2. Dora.
VII. Ernf^t'^, b. 2 Oct., 1 83 1, master-mariner, d. Chelsea,
Mass., 23 Feb., 1886, ae. 54 yrs., 4 mos.
Capt. Lane's death was ''attributed to blood poisoning created
by the gases arising from a cargo of nitrate of soda. This gas has
312 James Lane and Descendants.
been pronounced to be of a very poisonous nature and one for
which no antidote is known. Some means should be found to pre-
vent the danger arising from this service."
VIII. Medora*^, b. 17 Nov., 1833.
IX. Dorcas B.", b. 10 Jan., 1836.
X. Elizabeth", b. 16 Feb., 1838, m. Charles A. Noyes of
Gloucester; he b. 1832, d. 1891.
XI. Edith Harper^, b. Nov., 1839.
XII. William Harper", b. r Nov., 1842, mariner ; d. Sidney,
Australia, 25 July, 1863, 9e. 21 yrs., 9 ms. — Tombstone, Mount
Adnah, Annisquam.
XIII. Arthur", b. 9 Feb., 1844.
104.
OLIVER GRIFFIN LANE^, (Gideon-^'S Joseph^ John^,
JamesO, 1 798-1867, b. 25 Nov., 1798, named after his grand-
father, Oliver Griffin ; a sea captain of Annisquam, Mass. He
entered upon ship building with his brother, Capt. Gideon Lane,
and William Hodgkins, by whom many vessels were fitted out for
mackerel fishing at Goose and Lobster coves, but soon followed an
active sea-faring life. In 1831, he took command of the ship
"Gloucester," 348 tons burden, and sailed to New Orleans, where
he took on board a cargo of cotton for Havre, France. This ves-
sel was wrecked near Sidney, Cape Breton, about 1843.
The church in Annisquam was reorganized in the Universalis! faith in 181 1,
and the meeting house was rebuilt in, 18 13. The pews were prized and per-
sons bid for a choice. Oliver G. Lane paid $100 for first choice, and selected
an undesirable corner pew on the right of the pulpit. Samuel Lane bid for
second choice, and selected the pew in the opposite corner. Gideon Lane
bid for third choice and still selected an undesirable pew.
Capt. OHver G. Lane m. 10 Dec, 1822, CHARLOTTE PHIP-
PEN^ of Salem, Mass., and d. 17 Jan., 1867, ae. 68 yrs., 11 ms.,
23 ds. Monument at Oak Grove cemetery. Mrs. Lane, b. Bev-
erly, Mass., 13 Aug., 1800, d. 21 Sept., 1886, ae. 86 yrs., i mo.,
8 ds.
Family One Hundred Four. 313
She was descended from Nathaniel®, who m. 4 Sept., 1786, Anna, dau. of
Benjamin and Annie (Pickett); Joseph*, m. 3 Oct., 1764, Hannah, dau. of
Samuel and Hannah TBartlett) Sibley; Nathaniel'*, m. 14 Oct., 1734, Seeth
Hardy; Nathaniel^, m. 29 June, 1716, Margaret Palfrey; Samuel^, m. 1st
12 mo., 1676, Rachel Guppy; Joseph', m. Dorcas of Falmouth, Me.
Mrs. Charlotte (Phippen) Lane belonged to one of the staid families
peculiar to ancient .Salem. She accompanied her husband on several voyages,
sailing to Europe, South America, and around Cape Horn to California. She
was closely identified with the Universalist church at Annisquam, and when
the Sunday School was organized she was among its earliest teachers. She
possessed a very remarkable memory, which she retained to the last, and
would give facts and recall dates when others were in doubt. " A kind
friend and neighbor, of generous heart and worthy motives."
Children :
I. Oliver Griffin, Jr.*, b. Salem, NIass., 31 Oct., 1823, mari-
ner, m. 7 May, 1848, by Rev. A. I). Mayo, Nancy, dau. of Wil-
liam and Clara Pearce of Gloucester, who d. in New York, 7 Mar.,
1852, ai. 28 yrs. lie d. at .\nnisquam, 25 June, 1872, ae. 48
yrs., 8 ms. Buried at Oak Grove cemetery. Their children :
1. I/eL'n^, b. 14 Aug., 1849, lived with her aunt, Charlotte A. Lane.
2. Son'*, h. and d. at sea, Mar., 1852.
IL Charles Augustus", b. 8 Feb., 1827, mariner, mate of bark
"C. L. Taylor," d. in Rio Janeiro, Brazil, S. A., 30 June, 1869, ae.
43 years. He m. 29 Mar., 1856, by Rev. N. Gunnison, Sophronia
E. PuLCiFER ; she b. 1S31, dau. of Thomas L. and So^jhronia E.
(Fellows) Pulcifer. She m. second, 28 Dec, 1875, a cousin of
her first husband, George Edward Lane", (Gideon^-^-^, Joseph'^,
John-, James'). Son of Charles Augustus and Sophronia E. Lane :
I. IVilliiifn F.'^, b. 29 Sept., 1858, m. 14 May, 1884, Lilletta Blake of
Lowell, Mass., and had:
i) Charles Augustus', b. 1 1 May, 1885, d. 30 Nov., 1889. 2) Oliver Fel-
lows^, b. 10 Sept., 1S93. 3) Gertrude Day^, b. 13 June, 1894.
148. IIL Frederick Foome", b. 25 Sept., 1829, had wife
Nellie .
IV. Clifford", b. 10 Jan., 1832, d. 26 Mar., 1832, ae. 2 months.
V. Charlohe Augusta", b. 20 Feb., 1833, attended the acad-
emy at Lunenburg, Mass., and remembers the Misses Lane resid-
314 James Lane and Descendants.
ing there. She has done much to recover the genealogy of the
Lane family.
ANNISQUAM.
Birthday Surp?-ise Pa^-ty. — Tuesday evening, Feb. 20, 1883, being the
fiftieth anniversary of the birthday of Miss C. A. Lane, some of her friends
arranged a surprise party, and about one hundred guests, including young and
old, assembled at her home to do honor to the occasion. About 8 o'clock
quite a delegation arrived from the city proper, helping to fill the spacious
rooms, and many and earnest were the greetings given Miss Lane from friends
and relatives who know and appreciate her many excellent traits of character.
Beautiful flowers lent an added charm to the scene, and some admirable songs
from Mr. H. H. Bennett were warmly applauded. Some of the elder ones
joined in dancing the Virginia Reel, while Miss Helen Lane played the piano,
and Miss Lane led off the figure; those looking on said it was performed well.
Refreshments were served at 10 o'clock, after which an original poem written
for the occasion by Mr. Geo. F. Griffin, was read, as follows: —
Fifty long years have passed away.
And life's meridian sun
Shines brightly on thy path to-day,
While still thou seemest young.
Thy natal month in robes of white
Is emblematic of thy life;
'Neath snowy mantle hid from sight
Lie germs with richest beauty rife.
And in thy heart are garnered treasures
Which twine around thy dear old home.
Blessing the loved ones there with pleasures.
Forgetting not dear ones who roam.
Like the green ivy softly twining
Through ruins desolate and gray.
Thou would'st o'er all who are repining
Spread the fair garb of charity.
In the blue azure skies above
Bright stars of Hope and Faith e'er shine.
And in the generous heart true love
Cannot grow old, but lives through time.
The sun and shade of fifty years,
Have fallen on thy peaceful brow.
With times of sunshine, smiles and tears —
We would not trace them now.
Family One Hundred Four. 315
For dear friends gathered, in the light
Of this your festal day,
Would banish every care from sight
And make the winter seem like May.
We may not shield thine onward path
From storms about thee driven;
But for the darkest days life hath,
We pray that strength be given.
What'er the future years contain,
Wherever we may be,
We ever dear shall hold thy name,
And e'er remember thee.
And may the memories of this day.
Cluster around thine heart;
And pleasant recollections stay
With us, and ne'er depart.
The C(-)mpany dispersed at 12 o'clock, all agreeing it had been a very pleas-
ant occasion. \Irs. J. A. Cunningham, a sister of Miss L&ne, was present and
in her kindly manner did much to make every one happy. — Ca/>e Ann Adver-
tiser.
William F. Lane, Mrs. A. Maria Lane and Miss Charlotte A. Lane
were appointed, Aug. i, 1891, on a committee of repairs on the
old meeting house in Annisquam. The communion table was given
by Mrs. A. ^Laria Lane, the collection pouches, by Mrs. William F.
Lane, the pulpit lamps by Miss Julia Lane and committee on fair.
The re- dedication took place June 9, 1892. Miss Bertha A. Lane
was alto singer. Miss Charlotte A. Lane wrote the Historical
Sketch of the Parish, which was read by William F. Lane. The
original church covenant had been signed 164 years previous
[1728], by II members, all males, among whom were Samuel
Lane, John Lane and James Lane. Samuel Lane, Esq., was the
first superintendent of the Sunday School. The Historical Sketch
closed with the following original poem : —
POEM.
" O, church of our fathers, God bless you to-night,
Thou symbol divine of truth and the right;
May each father's son, in succession's long line,
Keep guard o'er thy presence till the exit of time.
316 James Lane and Descendants.
O, church of our mothers, may your spirit increase,
Till all of their children shall find release
From sin and from sorrows that checquer life's way.
Growing purer and fairer unto life's perfect day.
O, God of all churches, in Thy infinite care,
O, keep and protect us, and each soul prepare
For the higher life which the aiigels have known,
And to meet all the loved ones in thy kingdom, 'called home.' "
VI. Ann Eliza", b, 6 Sept., 1835, ra. 12 June, 1856, by Rev.
Nathaniel Gunnison, James A. Cunningham, son of Nathaniel F.
and Martha (Putnam) Cunningham of Lunenburg, Mass. He was
b. Boston, Mass., 27 Nov., 1830, studied in the public schools of
the city and at Framingham academy. At marriage he settled on
his father's estate in Lunenburg, but soon after removed to Annis-
quam and ran the stage line from Annisquam to Gloucester. In
the Civil War he recruited Co. I), 3 2d Regiment of Massachusetts
Volunteers, of whigh he was commissioned first lieutenant. He
was promoted to captain in the spring of 1862, major, June 29,
1864; brevet lieutenant-colonel, Sept. 30, 1864; brevet colonel,
April I, 1865 ; brevet brigadier general, Dec, 1866 ; adjutant gen-
eral till Jan. 14, 1879. He represented Gloucester in the Massa-
chusetts legislature, 1865 ; was a member of several Masonic lodges
and superintendent of the soldiers' home at Chelsea, Mass., Apr.,
1882, until his death. Gen. Cunningham died 17 July, 1892,26.
62 years. He said, ''I am not going out into darkness, but where
the morning light is breaking." Children :
1. Charles Edxoard^ b. 1857, m. Marilla Grafton; was postmaster at
Annisquam, and had:
i) Jane Hutchins, b. 1891, d. 1892. 2) Nathaniel Carlton, b. and d, 1894.
2. Frederick Lane, b. 1858, m. 2 Nov., 1886, Mary Elizabeth Mellen, and
had:
i) James Mellen, b. 18 Jan., 1888.
3. Anne Grafton, b. 29 Aug., 1870, m. 29 Apr., 1895, Charles Burr
AJoore, and had :
i) Charlotte Lane, b. 10 Aug., 1896.
VII. Fr^ancis Gamaliel", b. 9 Feb., 1840, d. 12 Mar., 1846, ae.
6 years.
Family One Hundred Five. 317
105.
GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS LANE", (Gideon^-^ Joseph^ John^
James'), 1811-1878, b. Annisquam, Mass., trader; m. first,
CLARISSA M. PEABODV, a sister of his brother Gideon's second
wife, dau. of Asa and Ehzabeth (Harper) Peabody of Bucksport,
Me., who was b. 1809, and d. 2 Jan., 1S69, ae. 59 yrs., 7 ms., 8
ds. He m. second, 21 Jan., 1S74, by Rev. WilHam Hooper,
ANNA M. McQUESTON; she b. Goffstown,. N. H., 1833, dau.
of Edward and Harriet (Colby) McQueston. Mr. Lane d. 1878.
Monument in Mount Adnah cemetery, Annisquam.
Children :
L Gl'Stavls Adolphus"^, b. 29 ^Lay, 1S35, master mariner, con-
tractor and merchant at Rockport, ^Llss. ; ent. int. of m. i 7 Jan.,
i860, and m. 19 Jan., i860, by Rev. J. H. Farnsworth, Virginia
J. Edmunds; she b. Rockport, about 1837, dau. of Elijah and
Jane W. Edmunds, and d. 10 Apr., 1S69, ae. 31 yrs., 11 ms., 14
ds. He m. second, 15 Dec, 1874, by Rev. Richard Eddy, Isa-
belleBabson; she b. Gloucester, about 1848, dau. of Edward
and Amanda (Stanwood) Babson otf Gloucester. He d. a retired
mariner, at Anniscjuam, 9 Nov., 1894, re. 59 yrs., 5 ms., 11 ds.
obituary.
**Capt. Gustavus A. Lane died at his home on Granite Street, yesterday,
[Nov. 8, 1894], after a long and tr)'ing illness. He belonged to an old
Gloucester family, being a son of Capt. Gustavus and Clarissa Lane of Annis-
quam, where he was born and spent his early life. Coming from a family of
sea captains, he entered upon a sea-faring career, and soon rose to the rank of
captain, making many foreign voyages, being for a while, however, in an inter-
val of his experience at sea, employed in the granite business at Pigeon Cove.
He was a man of fine character and attractive qualities, and had the public
sympathy in the serious illness which compelled his retirement from active ser-
vice in the prime of life." — Gloucester Daily Transcript^ lYov: 9, 18^4.
Children :
1. George £^, d. II June, 1863, x. 2 ms., 18 ds.
By second marriage :
2. C/iiliP, stillborn, 23 Dec, I.876.
n. Marcls Morton", b. 31 May, 1837, m. 2^ ^Lay, 1870, at
Hyde Park, ^Lass., by Rev. L C. Thacher, Rachel H. Steele,
318 James Lane and Descendants.
daii. of James and Sarah (Day) Steele. Mr. Lane learned
the carpenter's trade and worked at it several years. In 1863
he made a voyage as ship carpenter in the ship ''Templar,"
Capt. G. Oscar Lane, from New York to Sidney, New South
Wales, and from thence to Calcutta and back to New York.
At marriage he took up his residence at Hyde Park, where he
built a house and established, in Boston, a flourishing tool-sharpen-
ing business. In 1890, he returned to Gloucester, purchased a
house on Centennial avenue, and established his business. He died
very suddenly of apoplexy while walking on Webster street, near
the square, Tuesday evening, 4 Apr., 1893, ae. 55 yrs., 10 ms.
'' He was a man of excellent principles, industrious habits,
thoroughly conscientious in all his dealings, an upright citizen in-
all that pertains to good citizenship. He did his duty from day to
day, and was a devoted husband, a kind and affectionate brother,
and one who, it may be said, has passed on to the higher life sin-
cerely mourned by those who knew his sterling worth and loved
him for his many virtues." Mrs. Lane outlived her husband and
d. 17 Jan., 1897, ae. 59 yrs., 6 ms,, 13 ds.
III. Ralph Irving", b. 4 Oct., 1839, master mariner, U. S.
Navy, residence, Lexington, Mass.. He m. i June, 1865, Ellen
Bayley Saville; she b. 18 Nov., 1843, dau. of Ira and Mary
(Bates) Saville. Capt. Lane d. 12 May, 1869, of yellow fever, in
command of schooner " W. D. Beckford," at Port au Prince, W.
L, for a cargo of logwood. Monument at Mount Adnah, Annis-
quam. Mrs. Lane was a school teacher at Lexington for many
years. Only child :
I. Ralph Edgar^, b. 6 Mar., 1 867, res. Lexington; business, Walworth
Manufacturing Co., Boston; has the names of ships in which his fathers have
sailed. He ni. 22 Jan., 1897, Vera Perriii, dau. of Rev. Dr. Perrin of Shaw-
mut avenue, Boston. '
IV. Howard B.~, d. 18 July, 1842, ae. 4 months.
" I am a little angel now;
A diadem is on my brow."
V. Clarissa M.~, b. 1844, unm., d. 23 Sept., 1896, ae. 51 yrs.,
9 ms., 23 ds.
Family One Hundred Six. 310
106.
WILLIAM LANE6, (John Babson\ Gideon^, Joseph^, John'^,
James^) 1802-1863, was b. in Freeport, Me., 14 Apr., 1802, m.
5 Sept., 1824, SOPHIA WIGGINS of Portland, Me.; she b.
Parsonfield, Me., 22 Nov., 1801, dau. of Nathaniel and Jennie
(Nealy) Wiggins. Mr. Lane lived in Portland, where he d. 27
Apr., 1863. Mrs. Lane resided in 1872, at corner of Wilmot and
Oxford streets, Portland.
Children born in Portland :
I. William Henry", b. 8 June, 1825. He lived in Portland
and Dunkirk, N. V., where he was connected with the P>ie rail-
road. He m. 7 Dec, 1848, Julia Cox; she b. East Boston,
Mass., 4 Sept., 1827, dau. of Warren and Sally (Speed) Cox of
Boston. Their children :
1. Echuin Cojc^, b. Portland, 27 Sept., 1850, d. Dunkirk, 27 July, 1854.
2. Annie Ella^, b. 27 July, 1852, d. 20 May, 1859.
3. IVtllie IV^, b. Dunkirk, 17 Dec, 1S53.
4. Horace^, b. I4 Aug., 1S55.
5. Warren C, b. 25 Nov., 1 857.
6. Kit Carson^, b. 29 1859.
7. Lc'iinder'^, b. 14 Nov., 1861, d. 19 July, 1865, at Meadville, Pa.
II. Ann Maria", b. i8 1S27, m. New York, 8 Sept., 1855,
Capt. Moses Haven Sawter ; he b. Mystic, Conn., 6 June, 1827,
son of Capt. Jeremiah and Emeline (Kelley) Sawyer.
III. Mary Jane", b. 16 July, 1830.
IV. Charles Babson", b. 16 Oct., 1832, master-builder, m. 24
May, 1855, LvDiA Waterhouse ; she b. Portland, 1832. He d.
Portland, 9 Jan., 1870. Children born in Portland :
1. Alice Ella^, b". 15 Jan., 1S56.
2. Frankly b. Jan., 1858.
3. Annie Sa-uyet^, b. i860.
4. Florence J/tiy'^, b. 1862.
5. Cora Bell^, b. 1 864.
6. IFillie^, b. 1866, d. 1866.
7. diaries'^, b. 1870, d. 1870.
V. Sophia Estelle", b. 21 Sept., 1837, m. 3 Sept., 1856,
Walter Fearing Goold, a grocer in Portland, b. Eastport, Me.,
16 July, 1830, son of Franklin and Mary (Daverson) Goold of
Campello, N. B.
320 James Lane and Descendants.
VI. Caroline Augusta"^, b. 22 Mar., 1839, ^1- Portland, 1874,
m. Boston, 8 Oct., 1858, Charles Irving Trowbridge; he b.
Portland, 21 Apr., 1837, son of Elisha Trowbridge.
VH. Claudius Mortimer", b 12 1842, a fancy and fresco
painter, m. Dec, 1869, Emma E. Lowell, and res. Portland.
Child :
I. Carrie Augusla^, b. 9 June, 1871.
VIII. Sarah Jennie", b. 2 Feb., 1846, res. 1872, at 78 Oxford
street, Portland.
107.
THOMAS BICKNELL LANE^ (Peter^ Gideon^, Joseph^,
John"2, James^), 1 800-1 884, was b. Freeport, Me., 9 Mar., 1800.
His cattle mark, June 18, 1823, was a half crop, the under side of
the right ear, and two half pennies the under side the left ear. He
was taxed in Freeport, for real and personal estate. May i, 1825,
1827. He leased during his life of Martha Lane, Mary Townsend
and Experience Lane, Apr. 7, 1826, their right to 12 1-2 acres of
land in Freeport, formerly belonging to the estate of Peter Lane. —
Deeds I2J : idy a?id lyi : 757.
He conveyed to John \. Lane of Freeport, for $1.00 and ''love
and affection," Nov. 20, 1865, "the southwest half of the land
whereon I now live, the whole containing 45 acres, also all my
buildings standing on the same, excepting the use of said land and
buildings so long as I may live, then to go to the said John A.
Lane." — Ciivib. Deeds, jjg : iiy.
Thomas B. Lane and Annie Dunham divided fence by mutual
agreement. May 24, 1880.
Thomas B. Lane was deacon of the Freewill Baptist church, m,
21 Nov., 1822, LEAH LO\\' CL'RTIS ; she b. 24 May, 1799,
and d. 10 Sept., 1865, ?e. 66 yrs., 3 ms., 16 ds. He d. 15 Oct.,
1884, 36. 84 yrs., 7 ms., 6 ds.
Children :
149. L Thomas Randall''', b. lo Oct., 1823, m. Mary Low
Curtis.
Family One Hundred Eight. 321
II. Sally C", b. i8 Jan., 1S27, entered intention of marriage
with Worthy Columbus Barrows of Portland, Me., 2 Nov., 1861,
certificate given, 11 Nov., 1861. They Hved in Portland, where
she d. 10 Sept., 1897, ?e. 70 yrs., 7 ms., 2;^ ds. Children :
1. George Lincoln^ b. 1S63.
2. Ada Lowe.
3. William Thomas^ b, ^ug., 1S79.
III. Martha J.', b. 2 Aug., 1832, m. first, 15 July, 1S60,
George Washington Toby of Freeport ; he b. 1 2 Feb., 1840, d.
15 Oct., 1862. No children. She m. second, 22 Oct., 1874, by
Rev. Asa F. Hutchenson, at New Gloucester, Me., Rev. Joseph
HuTCHENSON, a Freewill Baptist minister of Gorham, Me. ; he b. 5
Apr., 181 1, and d. 25 Jan., 1889, k. 77 yrs., 9 ms., 20 ds.
IV. Peter", b. 7 Aug., 1835, at the Elms; was soldier in the
I 2th Maine regiment, ^"^ months of the Civil War, mechanic and
trader, lived in Lewiston, Me., i 2 years, was taxed in Freeport for
real and personal estate, 1887, moved to the Moses Soule place on
Pleasant Hill, East Freeport, in 1896; entered intention of mar-
riage with Miss Emily Teague of Lewiston, 8 Sept., 187 1, m.
Olive K. Rollins, 1873, who d. Aug., 1883. One child.
I. Percy R.^, b. 1 875.
V. Arianna", b. 19 Oct., 1837, m. James Miller, and d. 5 Oct.,
1863, ae. 25 yrs., 11 ms., 16 ds.
VI. John Ambrose", b. 15 May, 1840, soldier in the 25th Maine
Regiment of the Civil War, lived in Chelsea, Mass., in business for
Eastern Dredging Co., Boston ; was taxed in Freeport for real and
personal estate, 1875, 1887; m. Jane D. West. Their children :
1. Clarence Edgar'^, b. 24 Jurie, 1870, clerk with J. A. Brewster, paints
and oils, stoves and hardware, Freeport; m. first, 10 June, 1896, Siisie Mae
Allen, who d. 10 June, 1897. Their son:
i) Donald Curtis^, b. 14 May, 1897, d. in infancy.
2. Grace Isabel^, b. 25 Nov., 1876.
3. John Russell^, b. 14 Feb., 1881.
108.
BENJAMIN LANE« (Benjamin-^-^-3, John^, James'), 1777-
1846, was born in Gloucester, Mass., 14 Jan., 1777, lived with his
322 Ja.mes Lane and Descendants.
parents in Poland, Me., and settled in Minot, Cumberland Co.,
Me., where he moved onto the loo acre lot, No. 84, for which he
paid Josiah Little of Newbury, Mass., $525.00, May 16, 1815. —
Deeds 7/ ; 425 and lOj : 211.
He appears in other transfers of real estate, Sept. 14, 18 15,
April 28, 1 81 6, April 19, 1826, Feb. 21, 1828, Aug. 4, 1834, May
II, 1838, May 9, 1845. — Climb. Co. Deeds.
He m. 9 Aug., 1798, HANNAH DOWNING, whose name ap-
pears with his in all sales of real estate; she b. 20 Aug., 1780, d.
18 Apr., 1867, ae. 87 years. He died at Auburn, Me., of a can-
cer, 4 Oct. 1846, ae. 69 years.
The deposition of Hannah Lane of Auburn, widow of Benjamin
Lane, referring to land and store of her late husband in Minot was
called for Aug. 11, 1847. — Deeds 202 : 2go-2g2.
Children :
150. L Palfrey", b. 30 Nov., 1798, m. Ann G. Sampson.
151. n. Jacob''', b. 3 Apr., 1800, m. Alice Merrovv.
HL Phebe", b. 21 Jan., 1802, m. 3 June, 182 1, Samuel Down-
ing, and d. I 7 June, 1873, ae. 71 years. Their children :
I. ■ . 2. Richard^ living in Auburn, Me., 1896.
152. IV. John Barnard"-, b. 17 Dec, 1803, m. Olive Hay-
ward.
153. V. Richard", b. 4 May, 1806, m. Hannah King.
VL Reb.ekah", b. 24 Dec, 1808, d. 22 Jan., 1810, ae. 13 months.
Vn. Sally D."^, b. 30 May, 181 1, m. first, 7 Feb., 1832,
Richard Downing ; m. second, 7 Sept., 1835, David B. Johnson
of Whitefield, N. H., who d. in Aug., 1841 ; m. third, 1845, John
H. ]Meserve. Children of David B. and Sally D. Johnson :
1. James S., d. in Libbey prison, Andersonville, Ga., during the Civil War.
2. Edxvai-d H., d. in Wareham, Mass., 23 Nov., 1895.
3. WiUiam I.eroy^ b. 7 Feb., 1841, ni. and was l)ankcr in Buckley, Iro-
quois Co., 111., and living 1201 Michigan avenue, Chicago, 111., 1897.
Child of John H. and Sally D. Meserve :
4. Barnard, living in Illinois 1 897.
VHI. Hannah", b. i July, 1813, d. 5 Feb., i82i,ae. 7 years.
Family One Hlxdred Nine. 323
154. IX. Benjamin, Jr.-, b. 9 Apr., 181 6, m. Lvdia L. Cur-
rier.
X. Nathan D.", b. 29 May, 18 19, m. 29 Sept., 1841, Julia A.
Rule, and had dau. :
I. Oliv^.
They lived at one time in St. Louis, Mo., thence started for Cali-
fornia, and he d. on the way at Lexington, Mo., in 1853, ae. T^-i^
yrs., 10 ms. The widow continued the journey, and m. again, it is
supposed, a Mr. Perry in California.
XL Hannah P."^, b. 7 Jan., 1823, d. 5 ^Lar., 1824, ae. 4 months.
109.
ZENAS LANE'^ (Benjamin'^-^-3, John^, James'), 1875, re-
sided in Poland, Me., where he paid Nehemiah Lane ^264 for ^ili
acres of land, Feb. 19, 181 7, was party to transfer of real estate 21
times from 181 7 to 1839, and his estate was conveyed to Benjamin
P. Butler and others, Oct. 5, 1842. — Deeds 84: J 18, ryg : 174.
He m. first, 2 Feb., 1820, JUDLPH NORWOOD of Gloucester,
Mass., and second, JANE SAWTELL. He d. 1875. Zenas
Lane, Jr., jeweller, Mechanic Falls, was appointed administrator on
the estate, Sept., 1875 ; distribution ordered Dec, 1877.
Children of Zenas and Judith (Norwood) Lane :
L Adellv.
H. COLUMBLV.
HL Ellen.~
IV. Judith", unm., living in Biddeford, 1892.
V. Amanda", living in Biddeford, unm., 1892.
VL Albert", d., ae. about 20 years.
VH. Zenas", jeweller, and town clerk Mechanic Falls, Me., m.
RowE of Poland, and had children.
VHL Asa Hanson", photographer, Waldoboro', Me., testified
that the will of Benjamin Lane, his grandfather, was destroyed in
324 James 1,ane and Descendants.
the Portland fire of July 4, 1866, and therefore he placed a verified
copy of the will in the probate office, Aug. 30, 1875. — Cumberland
Co. Probate Records No. 201 .
He was m. , and d. in Massachusetts, Jan., 1892.
IX. Eustace", professor of music, Saco, Me. Had sons and
daus. ; one son is a Unitarian minister.
110.
ELIPHALET LANE^ (Ehphalet^ Benjamin^-^, John^, James^),
born in New Gloucester, Me., and resided in Bethel and Wells,
Me. He m. first, BARBOUR ; m. second, POWERS.
Children :
155. I. Jotham Sewall", b. Bethel, Me., 1805, m. three times,
first, Susan Willis.
II. Sylvanus'', m. , and had two sons, and d. about
1885.
HI. Asenath"^, m. Barrett Howard, lived in Ogdensburg, N.
Y., and d. about 1885.
By second wife :
IV. Barbour'', m. a sister of his brother, Jotham Sewall Lane's
third wife.
V. Charles'^, lived in or near Augusta, Me.
VI. James", lived in or near Augusta, Me.
111.
FREDERICK LANE'- (Jonathan'^-^, Benjamin-'^ John^, James"),
1813-189 2, was born in Gloucester. Mass., 1813, mariner, m.
JUDITH STORY of Pigeon Cove, Rockport, Mass., dau. of James
and Sally (Woodbury) Story. He d. Gloucester, 7 Jan., 1892, ?e.
78 yrs., 8 ms., 21 ds. Buried at Mount Adnah, Annisquam, Mass.
Family Oxe Hundred Twelve. 325
Children :
I. Clar.'I'', b. 2 1 Oct., 1840, d. 21 Aug., 1842.
II. Clarissa", b. 21 Dec, 1845, ^^- 3 -^'^g-j i860, ae. 14 yrs., 7
ms., 13 ds.
III. Frederick W.~, b. 25 Aug., 1849, a painter, m., age 40, his
first m., I Jan., 1890, by Rev. Joel M. Leonard, Mary M. Blrges;
she a dressmaker of Manchester, Mass., age 40, her second m.,
dau. of Abel Harvey and Ruth (McMarsters) Harvey of Burling-
ton, N. S. ' •
IV. Orville", b. 3 June, 1S51.
112.
ALLEN LANE'' (Jonathan"*-"*, Benjamin^, John"^, James^), 1819-
1878, was b. Gloucester, Mass., in 18 19, mariner, m. 20 Jan.,
1847, by Rev. Joseph A. Bardett, his cousin, CHARLOTFE SAR-
GENT; she b. Lanesville, Mass., in 1827, dau. of Samuel and
Esther (Lane) Sargent. They lived at house 17 Chester square,
Gloucester. He d. 17 Sept., 1878, ae. 59 yrs., 10 ms., 26 ds.
"At rest in heaven."
She d. 23 Mar., 1896, ae. 69 yrs., 11 ms., 23 ds.
"He gives his beloved sleep."
They were buried at Mount Adnah, Annisquam, Mass.
Children :
I. Allen", b. 4 Dec, 1847.
II. Edward A.~, b. about 1848, painter, lived at Manchester,
Mass., m. first, 20 July, 1858, by Rev. Robert P. Rogers, Amanda
Sargent; she b. Annisquam, Mass., and d. Manchester, Mass., 13
Aug., 1883, ae. 35 yrs., 10 ms., 18 ds., dau. of William \V. and
Elizabeth B. (Dennis) Sargent.
"When we lay aside life's armor
And our trials are all o'er,
She will be the first to greet us
On the better, brighter shore."
— Tombstone^ Mount Adnah, Annisquam.
326 James Lane and Descendants.
Mr. Lane had second wife, Bertha Ada . Children :
1. Son"^, stillborn, 28 Nov., 1868.
2. Grace C^, b. 23 Sept., 1871.
3. Perc}^.
4. Henry Phillips^, d, I Sept., 1881, a;. I yr., 4 ms., 18 els.
By second marriage :
5. Amanda^.
IIL Charles O.", b. 7 Oct., 1852, d. 16 Sept., 1853, ae. 10
ms.
IV. Bertha A.", b. 1 1 Apr., 1856, principal of Bradstreet school,
Gloucester, Mass.
113.
JOHN LAXE^^ (Abner^ Hezekiah^ Benjamin^, John-, James^),
when a boy lived with a woman by the name of Geers. He was a
lumberman, m. RACHEL TYLER, and settled in Wayne Co.,
Penn., on the Delaware river. Their post office address was Haw-
kins Creek.
Their eight children were :
L William", died in the Civil War, 1 861-1865, his son, Marion®,
living at Long Eddy, Sullivan Co., N. Y., in 1894.
n. Abraham", b. 182 1, m. Sarah Darling, and moved to
Iowa. She was living, his widow, 1894, with their son :
I. W. Darling^, 811 University Place, Evanston, 111.
III. Sarah", m. William Broad.
IV. Abbie", m. William Frye.
V. Mary'^, m. Ix.man.
VI. Esther", m. Mike Wesler.
VII. Elizabeth", m. David Biggs.
AT II. Maria" m. Dodge Adams.
114.
Hon. EBENEZER LANE« (Ebenezer^-^ Job^ John-2, Jamesi),
was born at New Gloucester, Me., in 1793. He said, "Poverty is
Family One Hl'xdred Fourteen. 327
a good thing to begin the world with, and it rightly improved we
can
rich.
can learn something useful from it that we never would learn if born
Ebenezer Lane, Jr., of New Gloucester, wheelwright, paid his uncle, Job
Lane of Pejepscott, $200, with a mortgage for $2^0, Sept., 22, 1814, for 30
acres of land with buildings in New Gloucester, it being the northeasterly half
of lot No. 20, in the proprietors' second division. The mortgage excepted the
right of dower to Peggy Lane, widow of Ebenezer Lane, Jr., deceased. This
was the purchase by Mr. Lane the year he became of age, of a part of the
original lot on which his grandfather Lane had settled more than half a century
before, thus securing a home for his widowed mother. He became a prosper-
ous merchant in New Orleans, La., and in Oxford, Ohio.
Lane Theological Seminary was chartered and a preparatory school opened
in 1829. Its organization was a part of a general scheme for the higher
education of the Mississippi valley. The Kemper family donated lands which
have proved of great value. The seminary possesses attractive buildings and
grounds at Walnut Hills, a suburb of Cincinnati. Elienezer and Andrew Lane
gave $4,ooo.(X) and the name to the institution. A theological department was
added in 1832, and it became the first school of theology in Ohio. Dr. Lyman
Beecher left his ministry in Boston to become its president and senior theologi-
cal professor.
But the anti-slavery movement in 1834 brought an unexpected change to
affairs in the seminary. The board of trustees requested the discontinuance of
the local colonization and anti-slavery societies in the institution, and also the
cessation of all discussion of the subject of slavery. This the pupils refused
to do. They said, "The ground of our secession from the seminary is that
free discussion and correspondent action have been prohiljited by law." —
Signed l>y ^/ persons, Dec. /j, iSj^.
A large majority of the students withdrew to Oberlin Collegiate Institute,
which was opened in 1833 and chartered in 1834. The students were accom-
panied by Rev. Asa Mahan, the trustee who openly espoused their cause, and
by John Morgan, an instructor in the seminary. Mahan was chosen president
at Oberlin in 1835. Morgan was appointed professor of mathematics there,
and the same year Rev. Charles G. Finney was called from New York to the
chair of theolog)-.
Mr. Lane wrote of the seminary to Rev. James P. Lane, under date of Oct.
24, 1869:
" The plan of founding that institution originated with myself. My brother,
Andrew Lane, joined me in a donation to it. It has able professors and a good
library, and I trust has done good. But it has not met my expectations. The
object of its establishment was to prepare indigent young men for the gospel
ministry; and the manual labor system was to be made a prominent feature of
the institution, by which young men could preserve their health and meet all
328 Ja^^ies Lane and Descendants.
or nearly all their necessary expenses. But the manual labor department was
badly managed and was abolished. About this time the slavery question
caused much excitement and resulted in one of the best p'rofessors and about
sixty students leaving the institution and going to Oberlin. This was a heavy
blow to Lane Seminary, but was a great means of Ijuilding up Oberlin, which
is now the largest and I think the best institution in the state. I still have the
strongest confidence in manual labor schools when well managed. But we all
know nothing prospers badly managed. I believe in educating the sexes to-
gether, and the manual labor system made more prominent than it ever has
been in any institution. Twelve hours in the twenty-four should be equally
divided between study and labor. The health and expenses of the student
require six hours labor per day; and six hours devoted to mental culture will
enable a young man of fair talents to get a good education, — one who cannot
get it in this time is not worth educating. There are many young men and
women in the country who could obtain a liberal education by their own daily
labor, if suitable institutions were established. It is the poor we should assist
in rising in the world; the rich can take care of themselves. I have a good
farm here of 107 acres, and a house 38x76 feet, sufficiently large for the
beginning of a manual labor school, and would use it for this purpose if I could
get a suitable person to join me in establishing a school of this kind."
The remarkable career of Hon. Ebenezer Lane has given rise to several
attempts to tell his story in the form of fiction.
One account of his life was written by John Babson Lane Soule, and pub-
lished in J. Friedman & Co.'s Monthly Gazette, Lewiston, Me., for February,
1874. The sketch is entitled " From Thistle Patch to Cincinnati." It pur-
ports to give the life of one Robert Lane, who came at length to establish the
Lane Theological Seminary, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Ragged Bob, the village
vagabond, 16 or 17 years of age, is noticed, lectured, advised and encouraged
by lawyer Samuel Fessenden. " And now, Robert," said the Esquire, as the
boy was leaving his door, "the next time I hear from you, let me hear some-
thing good. Above all things ^^^ out of Thistle Patch.^^ Bob runs away, gets
a job, studies, takes a school, succeeds, marries one of his pupils, goes to New
Orleans, becomes a prosperous merchant, returns wealthy at Cincinnati, and
endows the seminary.
Another narrative is the more ambitious romance published among " The
Temperance Tales," by Lucius Manlius Sargent, and entitled "Kitty Grafton."
The scene is laid in Heathermead End, and Parson More tells the story. The
beautiful and accomplished Christiana Jansen, only child of respected and
wealthy parents, weds and brings home Ethan Grafton, a thrifty farmer's son.
Happy, prosperous years go swiftly by. Sons and daughters bless the home.
The godly grandparents die, leaving ample estates and a reputable standing to
the family. But farmer Grafton's orchard and his cider, ^c^r/ as 7i'ine, proves
ultimately his ruin, morally and financially. At length thrift, comfort and
happiness forsake the household, and years of sheer misery and domestic war-
Family One Hundred Fourteen. 329
fare ensue. In the midst of it all, while still a young man, the prodigal hus-
band falls from his horse and breaks his neck. He is buried from the poor
house, followed to a pauper's grave by his eldest son Elkanah as chief and
only mourner. The once brilliant belle of Heathermead End is left a widow,
crazed and broken hearted, and her children are left to a cottage of destitution,
ignorance and misery. Ethan Grafton's cider was equal to wine.
Elkanah Grafton is kept marvellously pure and helpful through all his child-
hood of degradation and wretchedness, the only stay of the family. Now
nearly 17 years of age, he develops much good sense and wise forecast.
He plans to leave home and seek his fortune. Kind friends and wise
counsellers appear in Job Rawlins, the shoemaker, Ashur Mellen, the
nearest farmer, and in Parson More and wife at the parsonage. One early
morning hour, Elky turned his back upon Heathermead End. His
traveling outfit was superlatively simple. A small bundle, but containing his
grandfather's pocket bible and swung over his shoulder on his grandfather's
oaken staff, comprised his whole earthly possessions.
More than six months elapse when, one day, to the great delight of parson-
age and shoe shop, the post brought a double letter from Elkanah. The lad
was in New York city; had been porter in a store, had purchased a hand-cart,
then a horse and dray, had learned to write and cipher and keep accounts;
and the thankful youth had enclosed twenty dollars for his mother and the
children. Letters and remittances followed every three or four months.
By the end of fourteen months he had sold his horse and dray and was re-
ceived to the counting room of A. I. McFinnison & Co. The firm did an
extensive business in the West, and at the end of two years their trusted clerk
was at New Orleans and established in business on his own account. When
five years had passed, Elkanah Grafton visits Heathermead with abundant
means, benevolent purposes and established Christian integrity. His presence
was a benediction to the entire hamlet. Mother's cottage, neighbors' shop and
farm and parsonage all share in his benign ministrations, while the brothers
and sisters are sent to school and college.
Many years passed away. Elkanah still lived, opulent, respected and be-
loved— the benefactor of his fellow men. In a distant part of our country
there is a fountain of learning and piety whose streams have gone forth to
refresh and invigorate the world. The Christian student mingles with his
thanksgiving to the Most High God, his grateful recollections of its patron —
that wandering boy who, having no earthly father to comfort and guide him,
became the child of God — a steward of the poor, a benefactor of mankind.
Such was Elkanah Grafton.
Hon. Ebenezer Lane m. in New Orleans, 1825, CELESTE
HEARSEY, dau. of Edward Hearsey of Charlestovvn, Mass. She
d. in April, 1866. Four children :
L Celeste", not married.
330 James Lane and Descendants.
II. Edward Payson^, d. May, 1869, leaving a widow and four
children.
III. John Howard*, m. and resided in Memphis, Tenn., and
Oxford, Ohio.
IV. Emily", m. a Methodist minister, who was at one time
stationed at Oxford, Ohio.
115.
ANDREW LANE, Jr.^ (Andrew^-^ Job^ John^, Jamesi) b.
Rockport, Mass., 14 Feb., 1818, ent. int. of m. 5 Nov., and was
published 10 Nov., 1839, with SUSAN S. SIMPSON; she d. 3
Oct., 1894, ae. 74 yrs., 4 ds., dau. of Ivory and Mary (Young)
Simpson of York, Me. He m. second, 26 Sept., 1895, by Rev.
Israel Ainsworth, Mrs. HANNAH SIMPSON-DIXON of Somer-
ville, Mass.; she b. about 1832, dau. of Ivory and Mary (Young)
Simpson of York, Me.
Children :
I. Andrew J.~, b. 28 Dec, 1840, farmer of Rockport, m. 9
May, 1866, by Rev. \V. C. High, ?^Iary C. Hale; she b. Rock-
port, about 1842, dau. of Albert and Mary B. Hale. Their
children :
1. Andreio //^, b. 18 Feb., 1867.
2. IVilbur Ar/hti7-^, b. 2 July, 1 87 1.
3. Marian^, b. 1 9 Oct., 1882.
II. Ivory", b. 10 May, 1842, enlisted U. S. Navy at Portsmouth,
N. H., June 22, 1861, served on L'. S. S. "Dale," discharged dis-
abled Jan. 7, 1862, from receiving ship, Philadelphia, Pa. He m.
Sar.\h Goodrich, and d. 15 Nov., 1869, ae. 27 yrs., 6 ms. Their
daughter :
I. Florence^, b. about 1867, m. 9 Aug., 1888, by Rev. W. H. Rider,
yoseph D. Driver', he b. Rockport, age 36, son of Joseph U. and Delia
(Lowe) Driver.
III. Levereit"^, b. 14 Nov., 1844, m. 26 Nov., 1871, by Rev.
Charles C. Mclntire, Louisa M. Hale; she b. Rockport, about
1 85 1, dau. of Albert G. and Mary Hale. Their children :
1. Susan May^, b. 15 Oct., 1874.
2. Charles Pierce"^, b. 9 Apr., 1877.
Family One Hundred Sixteen. 331
IV. Hor-ACe", b. 15 Nov., 1847, m. Alberta F. Pool of Rock-
port, and had :
I. MabeP, b. 18 Oct., 1872, at Rockport.
V. Ernest", b. about 1849, farmer, Rockport, m. 21 Dec, 1871,
by Rev. Charles C. Mclntire, Alberta F. Pool ; she b. Rockport,
about 1 85 1, dau. of Mark and Sally Pool.
VI. John Henrv", b. about 1855, farmer, Rockport, m. 6 June,
1877, by Rev. Charles C. Mclntire, E>nL\ J. Halstead ; she b.
Scituate, Mass., about 1858, adopted dau. of Thomas and Mercy
J. (Bardett) Halstead. Their children : •
1. yane Halstead^, b. 3 Feb., 1878, m. 27 Nov., 1S95, W ^^v. Richard
M. Peacock, Francis Nelson; he b. about 1873, son of John and Ellen
(Tobey) Nelson of South Boston, Mass.
2. Herman Kussell"^^ b. 6 June, 1892.
VII. Susan S.', b. about 1858, m. i May, 1878, by Rev. Charles
C. Mclntire, Hknrv H. Thurston; he trader, b. about 1853, son
of Winthrop and Mary (Fears) Thurston of Rockport.
116.
GEORGE LAXE6 (George^, Andrew^ Job^, John^, James^),
1 804-1 883, was b. in Rockport, Mass., i Nov., 1804. He m.
first, DELIA SAWYER ROWE, who united with the First Con-
gregational church of Rockport, on profession of faith. Mar. 2,
1828, and d. II Sept., 1870, ae. 59 yrs., 10 ms., dau. of George
W. and Mary E. Rowe. He m. second, 22 May, 1872, by Rev.
E. S. Atwood, Mrs. ADELIA POOL, m. n. Wainwright; she b.
about 1826, dau. of Thomas and Harriet AVainwright of Rockport.
Mr. Lane united with the First Congregational church of Rock-
port, on profession of faith, March 17, 1839, and d. 3 Sept., 1883,
ae. 78 yrs., 10 ras.
Children born in Rockport :
I. George Whitefield", b. 31 Mar., 1835, d. young.
II. Maria Lowe", b. 18 Apr., 1838, m. at Boston, Mass., 12
Dec, 1 87 1, by Rev. A. A. Miner, Hor.\ce Lane"^, jeweller of Lanes-
332 James Lane and Descendants.
ville, Mass. (David", Epes^, David^-^, John^^-^, James^. He d. 15
Aug., 1881, ae. 44 yrs., 8 ms. She d. 28 Mar., 1880, ae. 42 years.
Their children :
1. Delia Sawyer^, b. 29 Oct., 1874.
2. David Horace^, b. July, 1877.
3. Oihers^, died.
III. Everett H.", b. 21 Mar., 1845, jeweller at Walpole, Mass.,
and Gloucester, Mass., m. first, 2 Jan., 1870, by Rev. James W.
Cooper, Laura J. Tarr ; she b. about 1847, and d. Oct., 1874,
dau. of Abner and Emeline Tarr of Rockport. He m. second, 24
Jan., 1876, by Rev. A. J. Lyon, Carrie S. Wetherbee of Rock-
port; she b. about i860, dau. of John and Sophia M. (Fay)
Wetherbee. .Their children :
1. Laura Wetherbee^, b. Gloucester, 14 Feb., 1877, d. 10 Aug., 1877, oe.
5 ms., 26 ds.
2. Marion Garland"^, b. Walpole, 16 Aug., 1880.
3. Lottie Roive^, b. Walpole, 26 Sept., 1882.
4. Hattie Evelyn^, b. Rockport, 23 Aug., 1885.
5. George Everett'^, b. Rockport, 11 Aug., 1889.
6. Riith Wetherbee^, b. Rockport, 26 Aug., 1891.
7. John Albert^, b. Rockport, 4 Nov., 1894.
156. IV. Howard Garland", b. 15 Dec, 1850, m. Grace G.
Pool.
V. Others".
117.
STEPHEN LANE« (Stephen-^ SamueH-^-s, James^, was b. in
Gloucester, Mass., 13 Oct., and bap. 24 Dec, 1769. He ent.
int. of m. II Apr., was published 13 Apr., and m. 19 Apr., 1792,
SUSANNAH INGERSOLL or SAYWARD by Rev. EU Forbes of
Gloucester.
Their children :
157r I. Stephen H.~, b. 7 May, bap. 20 Aug., 1794, ni. Han-
nah Centre and Jidith D. Poland.
II. John Ingersoll", b. 26 Sept., bap. 9 Oct., 1796.
III. Samuel", b. 2 Apr., bap. 10 Nov., 1799.
Family One Hundred Eighteen. 333
118.
JONATHAN DENXISON LANE^ (Stephen^ Samuel^-s-s,
James^), b. 7, bap. 19 Sept., 1775, was a sailmaker at Gloucester,
]Mass. He ent. int. 27 July, and m. 7 Sept., 1798, by Rev. Daniel
Fuller, SARA-H RING HASKELL, dau. of Stephen and Sally
Haskell. His claim against the estate of Wentworth Riggs Lane
was allowed, Nov. 13, 1810. Administration on his estate was
granted to Sarah Lane, widow, Nov. 19, 1816. Inventory taken
Dec. 28, 1816, was returned July 15, 181 7. — Essex Co. IJl/Zs.
His widow d. 19 Feb., 1853, ^e. 85 years.
Children :
158. I. Edward"^, b. 5, bap. 21 Nov., 1802, m. Betsey
and Eunice Norwood.
II. Nathaniel Rogers'', b. 19 Dec, 1804, bap. 17 Mar., 1805.
III. Sarah Ann", b. 28 July, 1806, bap. 21 Feb., and d. 25
Oct., 1808.
IV. SAR.AH Ann", b. 22 Dec, 1809, bap. 15 July, 18 10, m. Mr.
Winter.
V. FiTZ Henry", b. 8 Dec, 1804, celebrated marine painter in
Boston and Gloucester; unm., artist, d. of cancer, 13 Aug., 1865,
?e. 60 yrs., 8 ms., buried at Oak Grove, Gloucester.
"At the age of eighteen months, while playing in the yard or garden of his
father, Fitz H. Lane ate some of the seeds of the apple-peru, and was so un-
fortunate as to lose the use of his lower limbs in consequence, owing to late
and unskilful medical treatment. He showed in boyhood a talent for draw-
ing and painting, but received no instruction in the rules till be went to Boston,
at the age of twenty-eight, to work in Pendleton's lithographic establishment.
From that time his taste and ability were rapidly developed; and, after a resi-
dence of several years in Boston, he came back to Gloucester with a reputa-
tion fully established. Since his return to his native town he has painted
many pictures, all of which have been much admired. He has often con-
tributed a production of his pencil for the promotion of a benevolent enter-
prise. With characteristic kindness he furnished the sketches for the en-
gravings of Babson's History- of Gloucester." — yo/zn y. Babson.
334 James Lane and Descendants.
119.
JOSHUA LANE6 (Daniel-^-^ Job^^ John^, James^), a merchant
of Leeds, Me., m. MEHITABLE BRETT, dau. of Rufus and
Susanna (Carey) Brett of South Paris, Me., and d. in 1820. Mrs.
Lane m. again, Thomas Lothrop of Leeds, and had daughter :
L Louisa, m. Daniel Carey of Turner, Me.
Children of Joshua and Mehitable (Brett) Lane :
The genealogy on the Brett side has been traced back in regular
line to John Alden of Mayflower memory.
L Rev. Daniel Lane^, D.D., was born in Leeds, Me., 10 Mar.,
1813. After his father's death he lived with his mother and uncle,
Seneca Brett, at South Paris, Me. He fittted for college at Bridgton
Academy, graduated from Bowdoin College, 1838, was principal of
North Yarmouth Academy, 1 838-1 839, and graduated at Andover
Theological Seminary, 1843. He m. 9 Sept., 1843, Elizabeth J.
Staples of Freeport, Me.; she b. 4 Aug., 1820, united with the
Congregational church' at Freeport, on public profession of faith,
Oct. 8, 1837, dau. of Capt. David and Elizabeth (Bartol) Staples.
They went West together in company with ten Andover classmates
who constituted the famous 'Towa Band" of home missionaries.
He was ordained at Denmark, Iowa, Nov. 5, 1843, was pastor in
Keosauqua, Iowa, ten years, was then chosen Professor of Mental
and Moral Science in Iowa College, of which he was one of the
founders. This chair he held until 1858, resigning on the removal
of the college from Davenport to Grinnell. He then taught three
years in Keosauqua. Resuming ministerial work, he held a pastor-
ate of four years in Eddyville and of six years in Belle Plain,
Iowa. Failing health led him to resign in 1872, and for a time he
served Iowa College as financial agent. After a short residence in
Oskaloosa, Iowa, he returned to Freeport, Me., in 1882. Here he
joined the Congregational church by letter. Mar. 4, 1883, received
the degree of D.D. from Iowa College in 1886, solemnized the m.
of James H. Todd and Nellie F. Walker, Aug. 13, 1887, and died
of heart failure, 3 Apr., 1890, x. TJ yrs., 20 ds. Early pupils
have placed in the church in Keosauqua an oriel memorial winflow
Family One Hundred Twenty. 335
bearing his name. "We point to his life as one of the great and
valuable factors in the growth and development of early Iowa.
There are none who came under the influence of his teachins: and
character who fail to recognize his life as an inspiration to them."
— An Early Pupil.
"Gifted with a clear and firm mind, a thorough student, possess-
ing an- elevated spirit, instant conscience, and kindly and generous
affections, he was endeared and honored in all the relations which
he sustained in life." — Minutes of Gen. Asso. of low a.
Mrs. Lane survived her husband ten years, dying in 1900.
II. Joshua, Jr.", b. in Leeds, 2 Nov., 18 19.
120.
JOHN LANE'' (James^, DanieH, Samuel'^--, James^), was born
in Leeds, Me., 31 ^L^y, 1796; a deacon, m. 20 Apr., 1823, VES-
TA PHILLIPS, and d. 12 May, 1863. George B. Lane was ap-
pointed administrator, Dec, 1863.
Children born in Leeds :
I. Charles C", b. 7 Nov., 1829, m. 1855, Mary Jane Lotht
ROP, dau. of Col. Leavitt and Elizabeth (Lane)^ Lothrop, (Elias-^^,
Daniel"*, SamueP--, James'), and d. 25 Oct., 1857. One daughter:
I. A^eva C. C.', b. Leeds, 7 Dec, 1856,- a teacher in Pendleton, Ore.; her
mother lives with her.
159. 11. George B.", b. 16 Feb., 1833, m. Viola A. Rams-
dell.
III. Abigail R.", b. 2 Mar., 1840, m. i860, John O. Palmer;
he son of Humphrey Palmer of Fayette, Me., and Charlotte (Ly-
ford) Palmer of East Livermore, Me. Both are members of the
Baptist church. He was an enterprising and progressive farmer,
and represented Livermore in the Legislature, 1885 and 1889.
Their children :
1. Irving O., b. 17 May, 1862, m. Mary Gushing. He graduated at
Colby University, and was principal of the High School, Wareham, Mass.
One child, Marie Irving.
2. Justin A., b. 16 Dec, 1863, d. 20 Aug., 1865.
3. Charlotte L., b. lo Aug., 1869, d. 1873.
4. George Lane, b. 9 Aug., 1871, resided on the home farm.
5. Rossa F., b. 1874, d. 1887.
33<j James Lane and Descendani's.
121.
CYRUS FOSS^ (Uriahs and Sarah Goodridge, Levi^, Walteri),
was born in Saco, Me., 21 June, 1785, a soldier in the war of 181 2,
died at Leeds, Me., 16 Oct., 1836. He m. 10 July, 1808, POLLY
LANE^, (Giddings^, Daniel^ SamueP-^, James') ; she b. in Leeds,
6 Feb., 1790, received a pension after the death of her husband,
and d. in Livermore, Me., 6 Sept., 187 1. He was twin brother of
Daniel Foss, who m. Eunice Lane*', (Daniel'^-'*, SamueP*^, James').
OBITUARY NOTICE OF POLLY LANE FOSS.
" Died in East Livermore, Sept. 5, 1871, Mrs. Polly Foss, aged 81 years.
She experienced religion when quite young; was baptized and united with the
First Baptist church in Leeds. Afterward, for a time, she was a member of
the Baptist church in Hallowell, Me., and for the few last years was a mem-
ber of the Second Baptist church in Livermore. For several years she had
made her home with her son-in-law, Mr. Benjamin Edgecombe, who with his
wife did what they could to make her comfortable and smooth her way down
the decline of life. She frequently spoke of their great kindness with pleas-
ure, which contributed very much to her happiness. She adorned her pro-
fession by a uniform Christian life. For a long time she was quite feeble and
deprived of the privilege of meeting with the church, but frequently sent her
love to it, and her great desire for its prosperity. She manifested great
patience, and looked forward to the hour .of her departure with pleasing
anticipations. Her end was peace."
Twelve children :
L Christopher Gore'', b. 22 May, 1809, m. 7 Jan., 1835,
Olive Lothrop. He was ensign of the 4th ward company Infan-
try, 2d Regiment, ist Brigade, 3d Division of State Militia, 1834;
Postmaster of Milo, 1837, justice of the peace and quorum of
Penobscot Co. for the term of seven years, and d. 21 Nov., 1843 :
she m. again and d. in 1890. No children.
H. GiDDiNGS Lane-'', b. 23 Sept., 18 10, d. 18 Nov., 1837, unm.
HL Jemima Lane"\ b. 5 Sept., 181 2, m. 27 Aug., 1835, Lewis
Page True ; he b. in Litchfield, Me., 18 May, 1811, d. Augusta,
Me., 23 Sept., 1853, son of Daniel and Sally (West) True, who
removed from North Yarmouth Me., to Leeds in 1808, and was a
descendant of Henry and Isabel (Pike) True of Salisbury, Mass.
Their children were :
Family One Hundred Twenty- One. 337
1. Mary Ellen, b. Bangor, Me., 23 Mar., 1837, d. Leeds, 10 Mar., 1841.
2. />><?«/>/ y^V/7i7'«, b. Litchfield, 8 Dec, 1838, d. Livermore, 27 May, 1S42.
3. Emma Sarah, b. Leeds, 8 June, 1840, m. 6 June, 1864, Melville Cox
Clarke; he b. Gorham, Me., 20 ^Iay, 1837, son of Rev. Daniel and Mary
(Knight J Clarke, and d. Richmond, Me., 15 Aug., 1866. Their daughter:
i) Annie Augusta, b. Richmond, 19 Apr., 1865, res. Portland, Me.
4. Annie Foss, b. Livermore, 22 Feb. 1842, m. 2 Jan., 1867, George liob-
erts Davis, a merchant of Portland, Me.; he b. Portland, 4 May, 1818, son of
Isaac and Mary Pearson f Little) Davis. His mother was the 7th generation
from George Little, who settled in Newbury, Mass., 1640. Their children
born in Portland :
i) Gilbert Robert^, b, 17 Mar., 1871, d. 2 Apr., 1876. 2) Arthur True, b.
16 May, 1874, student at the Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass., class of
1898. 3) Melville Roberts, b. 7 May, 1876, student at Institute of Tech-
nology, class of 1899.
5. I.e-u'is Ed-win, b. Livermore, 23 Feb., 1844, d. Augusta, 22 Feb., 1856.
6. Rosalinda Edgecombe, b. Livermore, 5 July, 1848, res. Portland.
7. Christopher Foss, b. Livermore, 8 June, 1851, d. Augusta, 26 June,
1854.
IV. Daniel-% b. 25 July, 1814, m. 10 July, 1841, Nancy, dau.
of James and Mary (McKenney) Moulton, and d. 21 Sept., 1858 ;
she was b. i Apr., 1812, m. second, Hiram Hines, and d. in Lewis-
ton, Me., 22 Apr., 1891. No children.
V. Cyrus Wilson^ b. 15 Aug., 181 5, d. North Leeds, 23 Feb.,
1890. He m. first, at Bangor, Me., 21 Aug., 1839, Charloite
TowLE ; she b. Bangor, 5 Sept., 1817, and d. there in 1849. He
m. second, Catherine B., dau. of Andre and Catherine (Murphy)
Swanson of Philadelphia, Pa.; she b. 8 Jan., 1828, and d. 15 Dec,
1883. Children by first marriage :
1. Adelaide Towlt^ , b. Lincoln, Me., July, 1842, d. 1843.
2. Adelaide Toivle^, b. Lincoln, July, 1845, m. Charles Walerman of
Philadelphia, son of Thomas and Anna Waterman. They had children:
i) Kate and 2) C. Reid.
3. Mary Frances^, b. Lincoln, 27 Sept., 1846, res. Bangor, Me.
4. Cyrus Ed'u'in^, b. Boston, 1848, d. Livermore, 1850.
By second marriage :
5. Annie IVaterman^, b. Philadelphia, 4 Nov., 1850, m. 7 Apr., 1879, her
cousin, Aubrey Wilson Edgecombe, res. North Leeds. Children:
l) Mary Cardiff, b. Livermore, 15 Aug., 1881, 2) Sarah Etta, b. Liver-
more, 31 Mar., 1886.
6. Andre-cu S'wanson^, b. Philadelphia, 9 Sept., 1855, m. in Philadelphia,
22 July, 1881, Emma W . Had one child:
i) Cyrus Wilson".
338 James Lane and Descendants.
VI. Thaddeus Warsaw'^ b. 12 June, 18 18, m. 17 Aug., 1841,
Martha Jane Shaw, and d. Augusta, 27 Apr., 1885. Their
children :
I. IFi/son^. 2. Leroy^.
VII. Alpheus Lane^, b. 8 June, 1820, m. 18 Feb., 1843, Abi-
gail J. Hall, moved west and had one daughter.
VIII. Anourill Coolidge^, b. 29 Oct., 1822, d. 20 Feb., 1842,
unm.
IX. Rosalinda Lane^, b. 3 June, 1825, m. 4 Jan., 1848, Benja-
min, son of Capt. Benjamin and Sarah (Foss) Edgecombe of Liv-
ermore ; he b. 17 Jan., 1824, res. North Leeds. Children:
1. Atibrey Wilson, b. 19 Mar., 1849, m. 7 Apr., 1879, his cousin, Annie
Waterman Foss, res. North Leeds.
2. Sarah Etta, b. 2 Mar., 1856, d. 27 Jan., 1861.
3. Eli, b. 13 Sept., 1863, graduated from Bates College, Lewiston, Me.,
in 1890, teacher at Paris Hill and Camden, Me., m. i May, 1892, Eva Mae,
dau. of Lorin Curtis Fickett; she b. 29 Oct., 1 87 1.
X. Infant^, d. 27 Aug., 1826.
XL Mary Jane^, b. 4 Aug., 1827, d. 20 Nov., 1841.
XII. Josephine Bonaparte-^ b. 8 Sept., 1830, m. 2 Apr., 1850,
John Wesley Clarke; he b. Minot, Me., 29 Mar., 1826, brother
of Melville Cox Clarke. They res. Hallowell, Me., and had :
1. Mary Ada, b. 25 July, 1854, d. 27 May, 1877.
2. John Eihvin, b. 28 July, 1866, d. 7 Feb., 1878,
122.
ALPHEUS LANE6 (Giddings^, Daniel^ SamueP-^, James^),
1 79 1 , was born in Leeds, Me., 5 Dec, 1791, at one time
kept a hotel in ^^'ayne, Me., now called the Stinchfield Hotel, and
d. in Milo, Me. He m. first, 13 Nov., 181 6, SALLY FOSS; she
b. Saco, Me., 25 Mar., 1797, and d. 25 Aug., 1826, a sister of
Cyrus Foss, who m. his sister, Polly Lane. He m. second, 14
Apr., 1828, ELIZABETH STINCHFIELD; she b. Leeds, 22
May, 1800, dau. of Capt. Roger Stinchfield, the first male child
born in Leeds. She was paralyzed the last ten years of her life
and d. at Lubec, Me., in 1876.
Family One Hundred Twenty-Three. 33'J
Children by first marriage :
I. Sewell", b. lo June, 1817, m. \'irginia A. Swiford, settled
in Virginia, died during the cholera scourge 1859; wife and two
sons living there in 1896.
II. Sarah^, b. 27 Sept., 1822, m. Charles Austin of Canton,
Me. He d. in 1883 ; she lived, 1896, with son Sewall in Iowa.
III. Alpheus", b. 1826, d. young.
By second marriage :
IV. John", d. young.
V. Frances", d. young.
VI. Roscoe", b. 4 Mar., 1834, d. in California 1S72.
VII. Helen Frances"^, b. Hartford, Me., 14 Dec, 1836, when
ten years old moved with her parents to Milo, Me.; m. 14 Aug.,
1857, Capt. George \V. McFadden of Lubec, Me., who was b.
Oct., 1826, gave up the sea in 1892, and resided in Lubec.
Their children :
1. Cora Z., b. 14 Aug , 1858, d. 12 Dec, 1865.
2. Koscoe, b. 9 July, i860, d. 13 Dec, 1865.
3. Virginia S., b. 15 Oct., 1862, m. 6 Apr., 1893, Rer'. Harry Minnick ;
he b. 2 Oct., 1862, in Wabash Co., Ind., graduated from Bible College, Ken-
tucky University, and was pastor of Disciples church, Lubec, Me., 1896.
VIII. Frederick Waldo", b. 30 Oct., 1838; first lieutenant
Co. B, 20th Maine Regiment, wounded and taken prisoner at the
battle of the Wilderness, Apr. 7, 1864 and d. 18 Apr., 1864.
IX. Oiis", b. 22 May, 1842, res., 1896, Reno, Nevada.
X. Virginl\ S.", b. 15 Oct., 1844, d. of consumption, 16 Nov.,
1 87 1, ae. 27 years.
123.
GIDDINGS LANE6 (Giddings^ DanieH, SamueP-^, James'),
1 802-1 879, was born in Leeds, Me., 16 Aug., 1802, and died 15
Nov., 1879. He acquired a good common school and academic
education, laboring on the farm in the summer and teaching in
winter. For half a century he was a leading spirit in his native
Q
40 James Lane and Descendants.
town and one of the most prominent factors in the business, social
and religious life of Leeds.
'&'
He made a tour through the South in 1833, introducing the agricuhural
novelty of Pitts' horse power and separator. He was captain of militia and
led his company in the Aroostook War, 1837-1839. He was town treasurer,
1843 to 1850 : was one of the originators of the Androscoggin Railroad Co. in
1850, and, as director for 13 years, infused his energy into its construction and
operation, was representative in 1854, and active in bringing about the organ-
ization of Androscoggin county. In 1862, he organized a gold mining com-
pany with Maine and Massachusetts capital, crossed the plains in 1863 with a
train of ox and mule teams, loaded with quartz-crushing and other machinery,
located his plant fifty miles west of Denver, Col., and for five years gave his
personal superintendence to the operations of the company. He built a por-
tion of the Knox and Lincoln Railroad in 1869, The culmination of his
business life was the erection, largely due to him, of the Universalist house of
worship at Leeds Centre, which was completed and dedicated in 1872. The
Universalist Society was incorporated Nov, 18, 1873; he was chosen clerk and
held that office till his death, when his son, G. W. Lane, succeeded him. He
was a man of rapid thought, quick decision, unbounded enterprise, and had a
rare quality of bringing his labors to a successful completion. Energetic,
persevering, and possessed of a magnetism that attracted people and won
friends, his business life was a uniform success.
His pastor. Rev. Otis H. Johnson, said, " Brother Lane was one of the
most distinguished citizens of Leeds. For many years he was untiring in his
exertions in every public enterprise within his reach which had for its object
the welfare of his fellow men. As a Christian he was outspoken and faithful
in his duties to the cause he deemed of unparalleled excellence in the moral
elevation of the world. His pleasant greetings and helpful suggestions will
long be remembered," — George Drew Mtrrill.
Mr. Lane m. i Jan., 1834, CASSANDRA, dau, of Dr. Cyrus and
Lydia (Wood) BENSON of Bridgewater, Mass. She was b. 30 July,
1 813. In 1864, Cassandra Lane et al. bought land in Bridgewater,
Mass. Giddings Lane et al. sold real estate in Bridgewater, Mass.,
1864.
Mrs. Lane was an estimable lady, and a descendent of two
notable families of Plymouth Co., Mass.
Children :
L Aubrey Giddings", b. 17 July, 1835, d. 13 Sept., 1836.
160. IL Cyrus Benson', b. 6 June, 1838, m, Albina L.
LOTHROP.
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Family One Hundred Twenty- Four. 341
III. GusTA\XTS Wilson"^, b. 12 Nov., 1841, m. first, 19 Feb.,
1863, .Helen M. Snow, who d. 16 Apr., 1871 ; m. second, 10
Sept., 1882, Susan E. Lothrop, dau. of Willard and Emma
(Boothby) Lothrop. Mr. Lane settled on the homestead in
Leeds, but estabHshed himself at the centre in trade, 1883, where
he built a steam grist-mill, 1889; served the town as clerk,
treasurer and school supervisor ; was station and express agent,
treasurer of Leeds' Dairying Association and member of Monmouth
Lodge of F. and A. Masons. His politics were of the Jeffersonian
type ; in religion he was a Universalist.
124.
CALVIN LANE« (Giddings^ Daniel^ SamueP-^ James'),
1814-1892, was born in Leeds, Me., 6 Sept., 1814, m. i Nov.,
1835, DULCENIA LOTHROP, dau. of Daniel and Lucy Lothrop ;
she b. Leeds, 1 1 Apr., 1813, and d. 18 Oct., 1895. They moved to
Carroll, Me., in 1S36, where he cleared the farm on which he lived
fifteen years, then kept store in the village for a few years and re-
turned again to the farm. He was selectman of Carroll several
years and d. 19 May, 1S92.
Children :
I. Fr.\nces a", b. Leeds, 27 Nov., 1S36, m. 8 Dec, 1858,
George E. Baldwin of Prentiss, Me. Their children born in
Prentiss :
1. Calvin £"., b. 13 Dec, 1 859, farmer and milkman, Prentiss.
2. Frank E., b. 25 Mar., 1861, grad. Randolph College, N. Y., m. 2
June, 18S8, Eleanor M. Mathews of Chautauqua, N. Y., a V^th. Episcopal
minister, Evanston, 111.
3. Flora E., b. 25 Oct., 1863, grad. Chautauqua Class 1890, teacher at
Salt Lake City, Utah.
4. yoshua T., b. 23 Aug., 1865, milkman and farmer, Prentiss.
5. Ira A., b. 28 Oct., 1867, d. 7 Oct., 1868.
6. Iza F., b. 7 Aug., 1868, d. 10 Feb., 1877.
7. J/yra A.,h. 23 Oct., 1871, grad. Normal School, Lee, Me., and Surgi-
cal Hospital, Minneapolis, Minn., 1893.
8. Aero}' C, b. 4 Apr., 1873, ^- ^ Dec, 1878.
9. Xina Belle, b. 10 Feb., 1877, school teacher.
11. Esther J.", b. Carroll, i8 Nov., 1839, m. 25 Mar., 1859,
George Taylor of Topsfield, Me.
342 James Lane and Descendants.
III. Son", b. 9 May, 1842, d. 19 May, 1842.
IV. Orestus N.'^, b. 20 June, 1843, m. in Meddybemps, Me.,
5 May, 1867, Myra J. McDougal.
V. Clara A.~, b. 10 Oct., 1847, ^- 28 Feb., 1869, Alonzo
Noble of Carroll, and had :
1. Carl B., b. 30 Apr., 1870, m, in Worcester, Mass., 10 June, 1895,
Maggie R. Fait.
2. Dulcenia B., b. 30 Nov., 1882.
3. Edgar L., b. 20 Aug., 1894,
161. VI. Daniel G.', b, 7 July, 1853, m. Ella F. Hooke.
VII. Ella May"^, b. 3 Jan., 1857, d. 18 Jan., 1858.
125.
ALVAN LANEG (Elias^ DanieH, Samuel^-a, Jamesi), was born
in Leeds, Me., 27 July, 1801, m. first, 27 Dec, 1823, LUCY
MITCHELL, m. second, 29 Jan., 1843, Mrs. HANNAH DON-
HAM. He d. i Jan., 1854.
Children :
1. Orson"*, b. in 1826, m. first, in 1852, Susan E. Boothby,
and second, in 1859, Viora G. Boothby, and d. 16 Apr., 1882.
Children :
1. Alelvina Clark^, b. 2 Apr., 1852, res. Brockton, Mass.
2. Lucy Mitchell^, b. 16 Sept., 1861, a fine singer and school teacher in
Lewiston, Me.
3. Stephen B.^, b. about 1865, res. Brockton, Mass. Viora G. Lane was
appointed his guardian, April, 1884.
11. Sarah Scoit''', b. 9 Apr., 1844, received John Gilmore as her
guardian, Aug., 1855, m. Frank Sewall, had children and settled
in Chicago, 111.
126.
ELIPHALET G. LANE6 (Peter^ Daniel^, SamueP-^, James^),
1 796-1854, was born in Leeds, Me., 28 Aug., 1796, m. 22 Aug.,
1820, LYDIA S. TRASK, and d. 4 July, 1854; she d. 16 Oct.,
1 88 1. There were 22 grand children.
Family One Hundred Twenty- Seven. 343
Children :
I. Mary F.", b. 24 Jan., 182 1, m. 23 Feb., 1842, John A.
Chase, and d. 26 May, 1849.
II. Almira H.~, b. 14 Feb., 1824, m. June, 1849, Ethan Allen
Philbrook, and d. in California, 4 Dec, 1863.
III. Lydl\ S."^, b. 18 Mar., 1826, m. 18 Aug., 1859, John A.
Chase, and d. in Atchinson, Kan.
IV. LucEiTA v.", b. 18 Feb., 1829, m. 25 Mar., 1856, Moses
E. Millf/it.
V. Eliphalet", b. 4 June, 1831, d. i Aug., 1861.
VI. Kben F.", b. 25 Jan., 1835, m. 4 Sept., 1859, Susan P.
Shaw, and d. in Minot, Me., Oct., 1869.
VII. Francis B.", b. 21 Oct., 1838, m. 10 Sept., 1862, Clara
E. Bacon.
127.
ISSACHKR LANE'* (Peter', DanieH, Samuel-'-^, James»), 1798-
189 1, was b. in Leeds, Me., 2 May, 1798, m. 2 Apr., 1818, DOR-
CAS LANE**, (Giddings'', DanieP, Samuel-'--, James^) ; she b. 19
July, 179S, and d. 22 Nov., 1884. He was prominent in town
affairs, represented Leeds in the Maine Legislature, 1837, and d.
at East Livermore, Me., 24 Dec, 1891, in his 94th year. Will
and petition for probate, Dec, 1891. John Turner was appointed
executor, Feb., 1892, but refused to accept, Apr., 1892. Esther
A. Berry was administratrix, June, 1S92.
Children :
I. Rosalinda", b. 9 Feb., 1821, d. 16 Mar., 1824.
II. Rosamond", b. 28 Mar., 1827, m. 20 Jan., 1848, Davis
FR.A.NCIS, had six children and d. 24 Oct., 1863.
162. III. Adoniram Judson", b. 18 July, 1830, m. Ann Has-
eltine Foss.
IV. Esther An'n", b. 13 Feb., 1839, ^'^- 5 -^V^-> ^863, Eli U.
Berry, lived in Topsfield, Me., and had :
1. Xc'tfie A.,h. iS Jan., 1 865, m. 8 Jan., 1890, IVillis M. Davis, a Free
Baptist minister.
2. Frederick J/., b. 20 Nov., 1872, d. 3 Dec, 1888.
344 James Lane and Descendants.
128.
JOHN LANf7' (Benjamin-^ Issacher"^, SamueP-^, James'), was
born in Vinalhaven, Me., 19 Mar., 1796, and m. 6 Jan., 1820,
REBECCA AREY; she b. 20 Aug., 1798. The Arey family was
from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and bought Arey's Harbor, Penob-
scot Bay, in 1770.
Six children :
I. Peggy", b. 10 Dec, 1821, m. 15 Jan., 1840, Elisha Carver.
H. Deborah", b. 19 Apr., 1823, m. 19 Dec, 1843, Jonathan
Calderwood, and d. 15 Feb., 1898.
HI. Henry C."^, b. 23 Sept., 1825, m. 30 Nov., 1859, Mar-
garet Smith; she b. 1 1 Apr., 1836, and d. 23 Feb., 1898. He d.
9 Mar=, 1886. One child:
I, Minnie DJ^, b. 8 Oct., 1868, m. 13 Nov., 1888, Lnroy A. Coombs.
163. IV. Timothy"^, b. 3 Sept., 1827, m. Amanda Smith.
V. Mary Ann", b. 3 Dec, 1829, m. 12 May, 1849, Eben Cal-
derwood.
VI. Sabra"^, b. 1 1 Nov., 1835, d. 19 Mar., 1840.
129.
JOSEPH LANE« (Benjamin^, Issacher"*, SamueP-^, James'),
1 800-1 87 2, b. Vinalhaven, Me., 31 Aug., 1800, m. 26 Oct., 1820,
ABIGAIL, dau. of Joseph AREY; she b. 20 Apr., 1800, and d.
10 Sept., 1875. Mr. Lane settled on the place now owned by
Capt. Emery Smith. About 1834, he began furnishing outfits for
fishing vessels, the first person to start this business in Vinalhaven.
He d. 29 Jan., 1872.
Four children :
I. William Vinal", b. 22 July, 1822, d. 22 Nov., 1846.
164. 11. Benjamin", b. 6 May, 1826, m. Mahala Roberts.
165. III. Hiram Vinal", b. 9 Nov., 1829, m. Susan R. Rob-
erts.
IV. Rebecca C", b. 12 Mar., 1833, m. Edwin Lane^, (Timothy^,
Benjamin-^, Issacher^, SamueP '^, James^).
Family One Hundred Thirty- One. 345
130.
JAMES A. LANE^ (Benjamin-^ Issacher^, SamueP--, James'),
1802-1873, b. Vinalhaven, Me., 4 Dec, 1802, m. 26 Jan., 1826,
LYDIA SMITH, and d. 24 Oct., 1873.
Nine children :
I. Eleanor", b. 3 Feb., -1827, m. first, 7 Jan., 1847, Isaac
Jacobs; m. second, 22 Dec, 1872, Calvin Smith.
n. Eliza", b. 30 Nov., 1828, m. 16 Nov., 1854, George Rob-
ert's, and d. 25 Feb., 1899.
HI. Bei-sie", b. 25 Apr., 1830, m. first. Mar., 1850, Benjamin
Arey; ni. second, 16 Dec, 1877, Joseph IjRown.
166. 1\'. Rodney", b. 18 Sept., 1831, m. Lvdia Hibbard.
\'. Scsan", b. 2 Dec, 1832, m. 17 Nov., 1853, Calvin Smith,
and d. 13 Feb., 1S7 1.
\'I. Fr.\nklin", b. 9 Aug., 1834, (1. at sea, 23 Oct., 185 i.
\Ti. John", b. 28 Mar., 1836, m. first, 7 Nov., 1868, Frances
NoR\V(^oi); m. second, 25 Nov., 1S79, Makiha Clark.
VHl. Hannah", b. 28 Feb., 1839, m. 13 Jan., 1872, Fred
Snow.
IX. George"^, b. 8 Aug., 1842, d. Aug., 1850.
131.
TIMOTHY LANE6 (Benjamin-^ Issacher^ Samuer^-"-^, Jamesi),
1805-187 1, was born in Vinalhaven, Me., i Jan., 1805. He re-
sided on Lane's Island and commenced curing fish and furnishing
outfits about 1850. He carried on a large business and at one
time was owner in from 20 to 25 vessels. He accumulated an
ample property and in 1865 paid the largest tax ever assessed
against any one person in town, amounting to ^1,328.73. Besides
this sum the firm of Timothy Lane & Sons paid $238.95.
Mr. Lane m. 25 Feb., 1830, REBECCA, dau. of William
SMITH; she b. 30 Sept., 1806, and d. 5 Feb., 1888, ae. 81 years.
He d. 12 June, 1871, ae. 66 years.
346 James Lane and Descendants.
Six children :
167, I. William Smith", b. 23 Oct., 1830, m. Mercy Delano.
168. II. Edwin", b. 11 Sept., 1832, m. Rebecca Lane.
in. Francis M.% b. 8 Sept., 1834, m. 2 Nov., 1856, Susan F.
Norwood.
The weir at Lane's Island was built by John Rogers and F. M.
Lane. Two children :
1. Annie 7,^, b. 20 Apr., 1859, m. 21 July, 1875, John J. Alexander.
2. Payson S}^ b. 15 June, 1870, m. first, 10 June, 1890, Ada Cliiff ; she b.
26 May, 1870, and d. 14 Aug., 1894. He m. second, 26 Oct., 1898, Katie
Bernett ; she b. 20 Jan., 1875. One child:
i) Harold Francis", b. 9 Aug., 1891, d. 15 June, 1892,
IV. Margaret", b. 5 Jan., 1837, d. 28 Dec, 1837.
V. Margaret", b. 10 Apr., 1839, m. 10 Sept., 1855, Alvin Dol-
HAM ; he b. 10 Apr., 1839, d. 30 Nov., 1887.
VI. Charles", b. 4 Jan., 1845, d. 3 Sept., 1849.
132.
GEORGE LANE^ (John", Nicholas-^ \Villiam\ James \ John^,
James^), b. Ipswich, Mass., about 1813, resided in Essex, Mass.,
and (xloucester, Mass. He m. LUCINDA POLAND; she b.
Essex, and d. Gloucester, 27 May, 1874, ae. 63 yrs., 5 ms., dau. of
Josiah and Mehitable Poland. He was representative from Glou-
cester to Massachusetts General Court, 1833, town officer to 1845,
deputy sheriff of Essex Co. for many years ; survived his wife and
d. in Gloucester, 7 Feb., 1893, ae. 80 yrs., 11 ms. Monument in
Oak Grove Cemetery.
Children :
I. George Roswell^, b. Essex, 24 May, 1831, mason by trade,
m. 13 Sept., 1850, by Joshua P. Trask, Esq., Mary Ann Stanwood,
both of Gloucester; she b. about 1832, dau. of Nehemiah and
Catherine Stanwood. He m. second, Lara L. .
Family One Hundred Thirty-Two. 347
Children born in Gloucester :
1. George Roszvell, Jr.^, b. i Dec, 1851, mason, m. 4 Jan., 1874, Mary
Elizabeth Lovekin or Ltijkin ; she b. East Cambridge, Mass. Their children
were :
i) Charles Wesley"', b. 10 D^c, 1874, m. 9 July, 1896, by Rev. G. T.
Raymond, Mary Fuller Thurston; she b. about 1S75, dau. of James and
Martha (Hook) Thurston. Child, Charles Wilson^', b. 2 Mar., 1S97.
2) Lizzie Brown"', b. 3 Aug., 1876.
3) Samuel RoswelP*', b. 13 Feb., 1881.
4) George RoswelP", b, 29 June, 1890.
5) Emma Frances"^ b. 28 Mar., 1893.
2. Albert Foster^, b. I Apr., 1853, shoemaker, m. 5 Mar., 1872, by Rev.
C. A. Merrill, Adeline Winn, both of Gloucester; she b. Rockland, Mass.,
about 1854, dau. of William A. and Sarah J. (Thurston) Winn. Their children
were :
i) Albert F.>^ b. 12 Mar., 1873.
2) Ernest"', b. 24 Nov., 1874.
3) Clifford Henry"', b. 24 July, 1877.
4) Ernest R."', b. 12 Feb., 18S1.
3. Benjamin F.^, b. 19 Oct., 1856, d. 11 Aug., i860.
By second marriage :
4. Frank Ellsioorth^ , b, 19 Jan., 1 867. Student at Boston University; m.
two sisters. No children.
II. LuciNDA Maria-, b. about 1833, m. 28 Dec, 1853, by Rev.
George F. Danforth, William H. Parroti'; he b. about 1825, and
d. 15 Nov., 1874, ce. 42 yrs., son of William and Lydia Parrott.
III. Xancy^, b. about 1838, m. 22 Sept., 1858, by Rev. F. N.
Peloubet, Thaddeus Wheeler; he mariner, b. Rockport, Mass.,
1837, son of David and Mary Wheeler.
IV. Emeline Fr.\nces^, b. about 1841, m. 16 Apr., 1859, by
Rev. Nathan A. Towle, Philip H. Goldthwait; he b. Gloucester,
about 1837, son of Philip and Sarah Goldthwait.
V. Henry Albert^, b. 12 Nov., 1846-, blacksmith, and police-
man, m. 16 Sept., 1867, by Rev. Elmer H. Chapin, Adell\ F.
Emerton ; she b. Gloucester, about 1848, dau. of Oliver S. and
Sarah Emerton. Their children were :
1. Cora Greenioood^, b. 2 Jan., 1868.
2. Henry O.^, b. 24 July, 1869.
3. Frederick^, b, 14 Sept., 1871.
4. Alonzo S.^, b. II Aug., 1873.
5. Lizzie JV.^, b. 4 Apr., 1875, ^- 4 Sept., 1875.
6. Lizzie B. IF.\ b. 15 Feb., 1876.
348 James Lane and Descendants.
133.
EDMUND CLEAVES LANE^ (Josiahfi-^-^, James^, John^,
James^), 1804-187 7, was b. in New Gloucester, Me., 23 Oct., 1804,
a tanner and currier by trade. The tannery was in the field back
of the house on Gooch's lane at Yarmouth Corner, Me. His name
appears on Cumberland County Records in the transfer of real
estate 18 times from 1831 to i860, and he was in the Light In-
fantry at Yarmouth, 1835. He removed to Strattonville, Penn., in
1 86 1, and d. there 10 Apr., 1877, se. 73 years. He m. 13 Nov.,
1828, MARY RING HUMPHREY; she b. North Yarmouth, Me.,
1807, dau. of Asa and Betsey (Ring) Humphrey, and descendant
of Miles Standish. She d. 19 Feb., 1883.
Children born in Yarmouth, Me. :
I. Betsey Jane^, b. 22 Jan., 1830, d. 21 Sept., 1847, unm.
II. Sidney Howard^, b. 2 Sept., 1832, bought house lot No. i
in Yarmouth, of Octavius A. Hill, for $500, Mar. 26, i860; soldier
in the Civil War, 25th Reg., Co. H, Maine Infantry; d. unm. 3
Oct., 1895.
III. JosiAH^, b. 12 Oct., 1834, d. 4 Sept., 1853.
IV. Rachel Wentworth^, b. i Feb., 1837, m. 11 Nov., 1863,
Eben Hutchinson, Esq., of Augusta, Me., a lawyer, res. Chelsea,
Mass., and d. 9 Feb., 1880. Children born in Chelsea:
1. Maud, b. 10 Nov., 1867, m. 18 May, 1896, Hoxvard R. Babbitt, a
lumber dealer of South America. She d. in South America, 16 Sept., 1899.
2. Eben, Jr., b. 12 Nov., 1869, m. 25 Sept., 1894, Jessie Wkitaker of
Bradford, Vt., dau. of Mrs. Alfred Whitaker-Colburn; he a lawyer in Chelsea,
Mass.
V. Prof. Asa Lyman«, b. 18 Feb., 1839, m. 6 Oct., 1864, Mary
Josephine Robinson of Skowhegan, Me. Residence Reidsburg,
Pa., Biddeford, Me., New London, N. H., Waterville, Me., a
clergyman and teacher at Colby Classical Institute, Waterville,
Me. Children :
1. Ava Bertha'^, b. Reidsburg, 3 July, 1865, teacher in Waterville.
2. Mary Blanche^, b. Biddeford, 23 May, 1873, teacher in Waterville.
VI. Mary Ring^, b. 23 Jan., 1842, m. 15 June, 1875, Jotham
E. MuNROE, as his second wife. Residence East Boston, Mass.,
sheriff in Boston Court. He d. 6 July, 1889. One child:
I. Harold Lymaii, b. 28 Dec, 1881, d. i Oct., 1891.
Family One Hundred Thirty-Five. 349
169. ^TI. Rev. Benjamin Humphrey^, b. 8 Mar., 1S44, m.
Lizzie Ashton Boswell, Minerva W. Dexter, Jennie Theodate
Miner.
VIII. Abbie Anna'^, b. 20 Aug., 1846, m. 20 Aug., 1881, Eben
Hutchinson, Esq., as his second wife. Residence Chelsea, Mass.,
and South America. No children.
134.
SETH LANF:" (Josiah«-^-S James^ John^, Jamesi), 1813-1876,
b. in New Gloucester, Me., iS Mar., 1S13, entered intention of m.
28 Nov., 1839, with HANNAH C. C. ROWE, lived at New
Gloucester, and d. 24 Sept., 1876, ae. 63 years. She d. 30 Sept.,
1876, ae. 65 years.
Children ;
I. Augusta R.'*, b. 27 Aug., 1845, d. 6 Mar., 1846, ae. 6 months.
II. Emily A."", b. 14 Aug., 1846, m. first, 17 Feb., 1866,
Charles Coding ; m. second, ; m. third, Augustus
Haskell, and lived in Upper Gloucester, Me., 1899. No children.
III. Child^, d. 14 Oct., 1850, 3e. i year.
IV. Harriet T.'', b. 24 Dec, 1852, d. 6 Mar., 1853, ae. 3
months.
V. Child®, d. 3 Sept., 1853.
VI. Lydia B.**, b. 4 Mar., 1854, d. 18 Oct., 1855, ae. i 1-2 years.
VII. Mary A.'*, b. 5 Sept., 1857, d. young.
135.
JOSEPH HICKS LANE" (Levis, Isaac^ Josiah^ James^,
John-, James^), was born 1807, on the homestead in East Gray,
Me. He followed the sea thirteen years, becoming an able ship-
master, upon one memorable occasion the only one of fourteen
persons saved from a wreck. He bought land in Gray, 1847 ; as
350 James Lane and Descendants.
attorney for heirs of Levi Lane, late of North Yarmouth, Me., he
sold to Ebenezer D. Lane of Yarmouth, gentleman, for $4,000.00,
Apr. 17, 1850, nine undivided eleventh parts of the entire real
estate of said Levi Lane, and also nine undivided elevenths of pew
No. 53 on the lower floor of the First Parish meeting house in
South Yarmouth.
Capt. Lane settled on a farm in North Yarmouth, in 1870. He
was a L'niversalist in religious belief, and a Republican in politics.
He d. 5 Sept., 1886, ae. 79 yrs., 6 ms., 3 ds. Mrs. Lane d. same
year, ae. 79 years.
Children bom in Gray :
170. L Aerial Deblance^, b. 13 Oct., 1834, m. Elizabeth
S. Haves.
n. Fr.\nces E.^, m. Beecher True of Yarmouth, Me.
171. HL Alvin A.^, m. Abby Porier.
172. IV. Charles ]\L^, b. 4 Oct., 1845, m. Frances A. Young.
V. LucRETiA^, m. John P. Caswell, and d. before 1892, se. ;^^
years.
VL Caroline M.^, d. se. 11 years.
136.
CHARLES FREDERICK HERRESHOFF^, 1809-1888, was
born in Providence, R. I., 26 July, 1809, and d. in Bristol, R. L,
8 Sept., 1888.
The emigrant Herreshoff^ was from a prominent family of
Dessau, Prussia, and came as a scientific engineer to Providence in
the last century. He m. a daughter of John Brown of Providence,
a steady patriot, who provided the boats that sailed down Narra-
ganset Bay, on the night of June 9, 1772, and burned the British
armed schooner " Gaspee," as she lay aground, and who belonged
to the family of Hon. Nicholas Brown, who gave its name to Brown
University. Mr. Herreshoff moved down the bay from Providence
and settled among the trees on Popasquast point, opposite Bristol.
Charles Frederick Herreshoff-, a fine attractive gentleman of the
Family One Hundred Thirty-Six. 351
sea, built his house in Bristol. He m. 15 May, 1833, JULIA ANN
LEWIS; she b. in Boston, Mass., 20 Mar., 181 1. Mrs. Herreshoff
is Hving in Bristol, still, 1897, in a bright and cheerful old age.
A few yachtsmen and the people of Bristol know the Herreshoffs
man from man ; the numerous inlanders know only '' the Herre-
shoffs," as a dim aggregation of genius that designs and builds
extraordinary sailing craft. There are nine of the Herreshoffs,
seven brothers and two sisters. Four of them are blind. Two of
the brothers are connected with the yacht-building works founded
in 1864. These two men have built up their business and made a
name in a single generation. They come rightly by their love for
the sea, but they did not inherit their reputation. The fame of the
"Gloriana," the "Vamose," the "Defender," and the "Columbia,"
has fallen, curiously enough, upon an entire family. If the Herre-
shoffs are cut off from outside associations by their natural reserve,
they cling together as a family in a remarkable degree. — Ray Stafi-
nard Baker in Harper's li'eekly, July, igoo.
Children all born in Bristol :
I. James Brown-*, b. 18 Mar., 1834, eldest member of the fam-
ily, experimental chemist, m. 14 May, 1875, Jane Brown, and was
living in Coronado, Cal., 1S99. Their children :
1. y(itie BfiKcn*, h. 13 July, 1876.
2. yaiJies B.*, b. 18 Mar., 1878.
3. Charles Frederick* , b. 28 May, 1880.
4. IVilliam Stitart*, b. 21 Apr., 1S83.
5. Annd Frames*, h. 4 July, 1886.
II. Carolint: Louisa^, b. 27 Feb., 1837, m. 16 Aug., 1866, E.
Stanton Cheseborough of New York, who d. in Bristol, 22 Oct.,
1875. She was living in Bristol in 1899. Child :
I. Albert Stanton, b. ii Jan., 1868, is winning reputation as a designer in
Bristol.
III. Charles Frederick, Jr.^, b. 26 Feb., 1839, occupied the
old homestead across the river. He m. first, 19 Mar., 1863, Mary
Potter, who d. 24 Mar., 1866 ; m. second, 3 Dec, 1868, Alice
Almy of Tiverton, R. I. Child :
I. yitlia Ann*, b. 20 Aug., 1864.
IV. John Brown^, b. 24 Apr., 1841, blind since 15 years of age.
A tall, heavy built man, saying little and thinking much, he is presi-
352 James Lane and Descendants.
dent of the yacht-building establishment, and with business genius
has built up and managed the enterprise which has made the family
famous. He m. first, 6 Oct., 1870, Sarah L. Kilton of Boston,
divorced, 1891 ; m. second, 27 Apr., 1892, Eugenia T. Tucker of
Providence. Child :
I. Katherine Kilion*, b. 31 July, 1871, m. 29 Apr., 1896, Lezuis H.
De Wolf, and had :
i) Katherine Herreshoff, b. 19 Mar., 1897.
V. Lewis^, b. 3 Feb., 1844, blind from boyhood, has written for
the reviews- with success, and been greatly interested in the history
of the Lane family.
VL Sally Brown^, b. i Dec, 1845, is blind. Her corre-
spondence has helped on the Lane genealogy.
VIL Nathaniel Green'^, b. 18 INlar., 1848. A tall, serious
youth who preferred to sail alone in his cat-yawl to any kind of
company ; graduated from the Boston School of Technology, then
served an apprenticeship with the Corliss Steam Engine Works, and
afterwards traveled extensively ; a prodigiously hard worker, of
scientific turn of mind, captain and designer of the famous cup
defenders. As early as 1877, he built a new kind of a catamaran ;
now, stooping and gray, he is credited with new methods of scien-
tific yacht-building.
Capt. Herreshoff m. 26 Dec, 1883, Clara A. DeWolf. She
comes from the ancient Bristol family of DeWolf, of whom Capt.
'*Jim" DeWolf built the famous privateer ''Yankee" in 181 2.
Their children :
1. Agnes Mueller'^, b. 19 Oct., 1884.
2. Algernon Sydneyi^, b. 22 Nov., 1886.
3. Nathaniel Green*, b. 5 Feb., 1888.
4. Alexander Griszvold*, b. 16 Apr., 1889.
5. Lezvis Frajicis*, b. 1 1 Nov., 1890.
6. Clarence DeWolf*, b. 22 Feb., 1895.
VHL John Bro\vn Francis-^ b. 7 Feb., 1850, an experimental
chemist, residing in Brooklyn, N. Y. He m. first, 9 Feb., 1876,
Grace E. Dyer of Providence, who d. 2 Dec, 1880; m. second,
25 Oct., 1882, Emilie D. Lee of Philadelphia, Pa. Their chil-
dren :
I. Louisa Chamberliu*, b. 29 Nov., 1876.
Family One Hundred Thirit-Seven. 3oo
2. Francis Lee*, b. 2 Oct., 1885.
3. Frederick*, b. 7 Mar., 1 888.
4. Sarah Lathrop*, b. 17 Oct., 18S9.
IX. Julian Lewis-'^, b. 29 July, 1854, a blind musician and a
teacher of languages in Providence. He m. 11 Sept., 1879, Ellen
Frances Taft. Child :
I. Grace*, b. 31 Mar., iSSi.
137.
HENRY WHITE LANE" (John*', David-^-«, John^^-^ James^),
was b. in Lanesville, Gloucester, Mass., iSii. The Congregational
church of Lanesville was organized in 1S30. Henry W. Lane
petitioned for the incorporation of the ecclesiastical society, May
4, 1864. George W. Lane and Charles H. Lane adopted the
by-laws, May 11, 1864. Joseph Lane Andrews was the first clerk
of the society and his son, Joseph H. Andrews, was clerk 1866
onward.
Henry \V. Lane ni. 1836, LOUISA SAUNDERS, both of Glou-
cester. She d. 7 Sept., 1878, ae. 63 yrs., 9 ms., 8 ds., dau. of
Simeon and Sarah (Lane^) Saunders (Jonathan', Benjamin^, John-,
James').
Children :
I. Henrv Lvman^, d. II Oct., 1844, ae. 7 yrs., 3 ms.
II. Reuben^, d. 13 Oct., 1854, ce. 15 years.
HI. JuLiA^, b. 25 Aug., 1843, m. David Lane^ (David"^-^-^-'*,
John-'--, James').
IV. Marv Elizabeth^, b. 10 Aug., 1845, m. 25 Aug., 1867, by
Rev. Thomas Morong of Lanesville, James M. Towle, stone cutter ;
he b. about 1832, in Maine, son of John and Mary Towle, his
second marriage.
173. V. Henry Lvman^, b, 6 Sept., 1847, m. Ada Allen.
VL Rebecca^.
VII. Ellen M.^, b. about 1844, m. Thomas M. L.\ne'^
(David"-^-''*"', John^-'^, James').
354 James Lane and Descendants.
174. VITI. Levi Saunders^ b. about 1849, m. Ella F. Mer-
chant.
IX. Alzina Marla.^ b. about 1851, m. 23 Nov., 187 1, by Rev.
William H. Teal, Moses H. Cotton, stone cutter, who was b.
about 1 846-, son of Charles and Susan Cotton, and who d. 21 Oct.,
1891.
X. Almir.4 M.^, b. 5 Jan., 1852.
138.
DAVID LANE' (David6-5.4, John^-^, James^), 1814-1877, b.
Lanesville, Mass., 10 Oct., 1814, fisherman, m. MARY P.
ALLEN, dau. of and Hannah (Floyd) Allen of By field,
Mass. He d. of typhoid fever, 26 Sept., 1877, ae. 63 years; she
d. paralysis, 31 May, 1896, ae. 79 yrs., i mo. Buried at Riverdale,
Gloucester, Mass.
Children :
175. L David^, b. 18 Nov., 1836, m. Nancy J. Stanwood and
Julla. Lane.
II. Mary Taylor^ b. 14 Nov., 1838, m. 2 Jan., 1858, by Rev.
H. R. Parmenter, Timothy R. Elwell, Jr., of Concord, N. H. ; he
b. about 1836, son of Timothy R. and Isabell Elwell.
III. Jane G.^, b. about 1840, m. 19 Feb., i860, by Rev. N. S.
Spaulding, Samuel Sylvester, 3d ; he stonecutter, b. Gloucester,
about 1836, son of Samuel and Eliza Ann.
176. IV. Thomas M.^, b. i May, 1844, m. Ellen Lane.
V. Joseph Floyd*^, b. 13 Mar., 1846, painter, m. first, 18 Mar.,
1870, by Rev. A. J. Hall, Ellen M.Hartley; she b. Bosion,
Mass., about 1852, dau. of Daniel and Roxanna (Ray) Hartley.
Married second, 31 Mar., 1884, by Rev. A. A. Mesler, Martha A.
HoDGKiNS ; she dressmaker, b. about 1846, dau. of Abraham D.
and Judith (Piggies) Hodgkins.
VI. Tabitha M.^, b. 4 Sept., 1850, m. 14 June, 1874, by Rev.
William P. Blackman, Henry A. Norwood; he b. Gloucester,
about 1849, son of Henry and Mary A. (Tucker) Norwood.
Family One Hundred Thirty-Nine. 355
VII. Emma A.*^, b. about 1852, m. 14 Sept., 1S69, by Rev. A.
J. Hall, Andrew Tucker, Jr. ; he fisherman, b. Gloucester, about
1850, son of Andrew and Susan H. (Jewett) Tucker.
VIII. Edward Evereit^, b. 21 Aug., 1S57, painter, m. Annie
A. HowLETr. Son :
I. Everett Thomas^, b. 13 July, 1892.
George E., b. about 1857, farmer, m. 25 Dec, 1878, by Rev.
N. H. Martin, Ella F. Riggs; she b. about 1862, dau. of James
and Almira (Stanwood) Riggs. Children :
1. Le7i>is D., b. 6 Aug., 1879.
2. Edith M., b. 21 Oct., 1886.
139.
JAMES MONROE LANE- (David6-5.4, John^-^, James'), 1819-
189 1, b. Annisquam, Mass., 22 Jan., 18 19, mariner, ent. int. 30
Nov., was pub., 1 Dec, and m. 22 Dec, 1839, by Rev. George
L. Leach, ELIZABETH HARVEV; she b. 1821, d. 1848. Mr.
Lane ent. int. second, 24 Nov., 1852, with LUCRETIA R.
HODGKINS of Annisquam, and d. 27 Jan., 1894, ?e. 75 yrs., 4 ds.
Children :
I. James M., Jr.^, b. about 1840, stone cutter, m. 27 Nov., 1864,
by Rev. Thomas Morong of Ipswich, Mass., Medor-A L. Griffin;
she b. Gloucester about 1844, dau. of Moses L. and Elizabeth A.
Butler. He d. 22 June, 1873, ae. t,t, yrs., 4 ms., 9 ds., buried at
Mount Adnah, Annisquam, removed to Beverly, Mass, 15 Sept.,
1892. James M. and Medora (Grififin) Lane had:
I. Gertie M.^, b. 24 Aug., 1873.
177. 11. Harvey^, b. about 1843, n^- Ji-'DnH K. Riggs and
Amanda M. Stanwood.
III. Clifford"^, b. 1845, d. 1846.
IV. Elizabeth A.^, b. 23 Nov., 1846, d. 2 Dec, 1847, ae. i yr.,
5 nis.
By second marriage :
178. V. Osborne W.*', b. 2 July, 1853, m. Abbv R. Stanwood.
356 James Lane and Descendants.
VI. Gilbert L.^, b. i Mar., 1857, d. unm., 14 June, 1889, ae.
32 yrs., I mo., 12 ds.
VII. Everett^, b. 15 July, 1S58, d. 19 Aug., 1863, ae. 5 yrs., i
mo., 4 ds.
VIII. Elizabeth Thankful^, b. 24 Sept., i860, d. 8 Dec,
i860, 36. 2 ms., 15 ds.
IX. Ida May8, b. i Aug., 1864, m. 27 Dec, 1888, by Rev. W.
H. Rider, Albert R. Cole, tinsmith and plumber, of Gloucester ;
he b. about 1865, son of John M. and Charity (Phynard) Cole of
Liverpool, N. S.
140.
JOHN LANE^ (David6-5-4, John^-2, James^), was b. in Lanes-
ville, Gloucester, Mass., 6 Dec, 1824, mariner, m. 18 Feb., 1849,
by Rev. Ezekiel W. Coffin, MARY AUGUSTA FIGGIES; she b.
about 1824, d. his widow, 2 Mar., 1884, as. 60 yrs., 10 ms., 24 ds.,
dau. of William A. and Judith A Figgies of Gloucester.
*
Children :
I. Anna Eliza^, d. 15 Apr., 185 1, ae i yr., 5 ms.
II. John Willl\m^, b. 30 Sept., 185 1, m. Sarah A. Moore.
No children.
III. Jenora A.^, b. 20 Oct., 1855.
IV. Geneva^, d. 3 June, 1856.
V. Lillian A.^, b. 31 May, 1858, m. George M. Knowlton.
179. VI. Francis Edward^, b. 13 Mar., i860, m. Mary F.
Downey.
141.
DAVID LANE' (Epes^, David^-i, John^-^, James^), 1802-1848,
b. Lanesville, Mass., 17 Dec, 1802, a successful sea captain to
foreign ports, commanding the barque " Manto " for several years.
Capt. Lane m. 24 Aug., 1826, HANNAH LANE^ (Gideon^-i,
Family One Hundred Forty-One. 357
Joseph'^, John-, James^). He d. 9 Dec, 1848, ?e. 45 years. Mrs.
Lane was b. 18 Nov., 1803, and d. at Chelsea, Mass., 16 July,
1872, ae. 68 yrs., 7 ms., 28 ds.
Children :
I. Ellen Frances^, b. 16 Sept., 1827, m. at Gloucester, Mass.,
by Rev. A. D. Mayo, 30 Oct., 1849, George Washington Evereti ;
he b. 28 Nov., 18 19, son of Jonathan and Aphia Everett of New
London, N. H., a soldier credited to New London, field and staff
9th regiment, N. H. volunteer infantry, mustered in to date Aug.
23, 1862, appointed major, Aug. 26, 1862, died with disease at
Cincinnati, Ohio, Aug. 27, 1863, ae. 43 yrs., 9 ms., i dy. Mrs.
Everett d. at Danvers, NLass., 16 Dec, 1888, ae. 61 yrs., 3 ms.
Their children :
1. Bertha Ada, b. 4 Apr., 1S51, d. at New London, 7 Oct., 1868, re. 17
yrs., 6 nis., i dy.
2. George IT., j^r., h. 22 Nov., 1S53, m. at Georgetown, Mass., Fannie L.
Hobson, and had :
i) George Wilbur, b. 4 Sept., 1886.
3. Mary Lane, b. 30 .Sept., 1855, m. at Gloucester, 23 July, 1881, Daniel
T. Mahony, and d. at Rockport, Mass., 20 Sept., 1893, ic. 37 yrs., 11 ms., 20
ds. Their children :
1) Bertha Everett, b. 13 Mar., 1882.
2) Daniel Amos, b. 7 Jan., 1884.
3) George Everett, b. 31 Jan., 1885.
4) Ruth Ellen, b. 25 Nov., 1887.
4. Ellen Frances, b. 6 Apr., 1858, m. 27 Oct., 1892, George Morris Pea-
body , carpenter and builder, at Danvers, Mass. Their children:
1) George Morris, Jr., b. 18 Aug., 1893.
2) Charles Alden, b. 28 Sept., 1897.
5. Jonathan Robert, b. 6 Nov., 1 86 1, m. at Rockport, Mass., 18 Nov.,
1 89 1, Elizabeth J. Pettengill. Their children:
i) Edward Robert, b. 21 Oct., 1892.
2) Ruth Levenia, b. 17 June, 1894.
3) Gilbert Frank, b. 16 July, 1897.
180. H. Alexander^ b. 24 Mar., 1830, m. Frances Jane
Burpee.
HL David Horace^, b. 27 Nov., 1836, a jeweler of Lanesville,
m. at Boston, 12 Dec, 1871, by Rev. A. A. Miner, ^LARLA Lowe
Lane", (George*^-^, Andrew^, Job^, John-, James^), of Rockport,
358 James Lane and Descendants.
Mass. He d. 15 Aug., 1881, ae. 44 yrs., 8 ms. She d. 28 Mar.,
1880, ae. 42 yrs.
"At Rest."
— Mount Adnah Cemetery.
Their children :
1. Delia Sa7vyer^ , b. 29 Oct., 1874, m. at Rockport, Mass., 15 Apr., 1899,
Charles Aicbrey Benson. Home at Park Avenue, Bridgewater, Mass.
2. David Horace^ 7>''^i b. July, 1877.
3. Others^, died.
142.
EPES LANE^ (Epes^ David5-4, John^-a, James^), was b. Lanes-
ville, Mass., 2 Oct., 1804, bap. 2 Apr., 1805, a celebrated fisher-
man and merchant at Lanesville, served two years as common
councilman, Gloucester, a strong anti-slavery man and member of
the Universahst society of Lanesville, at its organization, about
1876; m. 21 Dec, 1828, MARY ADALINE STORY; she b.
Essex, Mass., andd. Pigeon Cove, Rockport, Mass., 20 June, 1892,
se. '^Ty yrs., ii ms., 4 ds., dau. of James and Sally (Woodbury)
Story. Mr. Lane d. 13 Apr., 1886, ae. 81 yrs., 7 ms., 11 ds.
Buried at Locust Grove, Lanesville.
Children :
L Mary Ellen^, unm., d. Chelsea, Mass., 13 Dec, 1856, ae. 31
years.
IL Albert L.^, b. 1834, painter, original member of the
Universahst parish, Lanesville, about 1876, correspondent of
Gloucester Times, house 790 Washington street, Gloucester; m. 9
Jan., 1868, by Rev. J. J. Twiss, ^L\RY Augusta Woodbury; she b.
1 84 1, sister of Sylvanus C. Lane's wife. Their children :
1. Marian^, b. 29 Apr., 1870, m. 12 June, 1894, by Rev. G. W. Penni-
xtizx\^ Ehen Riggs ; he plumber, b. Gloucester, 1865, son of Eben M. and
Sarah E. (Hooper) Riggs.
2. Lillian^^ b. 7 July, 1873.
IIL Julia B.^, d. 13 Nov., 1852, ae. 14 yrs., 10 ms.
IV. Edith^, b. 1843, m. I June, 1870, by Rev. A. J. Weaver,
Charles Dent^ison, assistant wharfinger, Chelsea, Mass. ; b. Friend-
ship, Me., 1834, son of Edmund and Julia A. (Willey) Dennison.
Family One Hundred Forty-Three. 859
Mrs. Dennison studied in the public schools of Gloucester, and graduated
at the Salem Normal School in Feb., 1862, after which she was a successful
teacher for half a dozen years in the Lanesville schools. She was a woman of
culture and refinement, of a cheerful disposition and a natural tendency to look
upon the bright side of life; patient under the chastening rod of pain and
affliction, with a sympathizing and helpful spirit towards all who were in
trouble or sorrow, and was greatly beloved by a wide circle of friends in Lanes-
ville and Chelsea. She d. suddenly of hemorrhage, Jan., 1895, at Aiken, S.
C, whither she went in Dec, 1894, to escape the rigors of a northern winter.
A brave bright memory ! Her's the stainless shield;
No shame defaces and no envy mars !
When our far future's record is unveiled,
Iler name will shine among its morning stars.
— Charlotte A. Lane.
Children :
I. Edith. 2. Helen. 3. Charles. 4. Edward.
V. Adelia^, b. 25 Sept., 1845, pub. 24 Dec, 1875, and m. by
Rev. (rerald Fagan, John F. Lol'ghlin, music teacher, b. 1841, son
of Thomas and Bridget S. Loughlin. Children :
I. Mary. 2. Shencood. 3. yerottld. 4. Thomas A.
VI. Mary Augusta^, b. 23 Mar., 1848, m. 21 Nov., 1870, by
Rev. A. Sanderson, Austin D. Griffin; he carpenter, b. 1846, son
of Tristram and Anne R. (Allen) Griffin of Gloucester. She m.
second, George Rowley.
Children of Austin D. and Mary Augusta (Lane) Griffin:
I. Daughter, d. in infancy. 2. Dana J/., d. about 1895. 3. Gertrude.
Vn. Helen^, m. Rev. Andrew J. Weaver. No children.
14:3.
JAMES SAWYER LANE- (Epes^ David^-^ John^-"-^, James^),
1 809-1 883, b. Lanesville, Mass., 11 June, 1809, bap. 9 July, 1810,
m. 6 Nov., 1 83 1, SARAH POOLE of Rockland, Mass., dau. of
Eben and Sally (Howe) Poole. He d. Charlestown, Mass., 25
Mar., 1883, se. 73 yrs., 9 ms., 11 ds.
Children born in Rockport :
I. James*, b. 15 Sept., 1832.
360 James Lane and Descendants.
II. Sarah Elizabeth^, b. 31 Jan., 1835.
III. Eliza Pool^, b. 20 Mar., 1837, unm., d. Charlestown, Mass.
3e. 30 yrs., 10 ms., 28 ds.
IV. Lorenzo®, b. 31 Aug., 1839, d. 15 Sept., 1849.
V. Albert Harley®, b. 15 Mar., 1842.
VI. Hiram®, b. 20 June, 1844, farmer.
VII. Ada Annah®, b. 25 Mar., 1847.
VIII. Ellen Frances®, b. 28 Sept., 1849.
IX. Emma®.
14:4.
WILLIAM LANE" (Epes^ David^-^, John^-2, James^), b. Lanes-
ville, :Mass., 18 Apr., 1813, mariner, m. ^L\RGARET KNOWL-
TON, lived in Gloucester, Mass., and d. 28 Dec, 1877, ae. 64 yrs.,
8 ms., 1 1 ds.
Children :
I. William Gordon®, farmer, m. Annie , and had :
1. Helen M,^, b. 25 Jan., 187 1.
2. Mabel^, b. 15 July, 1873.
II. George Warren®.
III. Melville®, b. 14 Jan., 1850.
IV. Samuel®, b. 26 Nov., 1853.
V. Ar-a E.®, b. 26 Oct., 1856.
VI. Mary Potter®, b. 1857, m. 12 May, 1878, by Rev. E. B.
Palmer, Arthur M. Norton ; he b. Essex, Mass., son of George
and Lucinda Norton.
145.
AUGUSTUS LAXE' (Epes^ David-''-^ John^-2, Jamesi), born
Lanesville, Mass., 31 May, 181 7, m. ABIGAIL DODD, dau. of
William and Abigail Dodd. He lived in Gloucester, Mass., was
Family One Hundred Forty-Six. 3G1
one of the members of the Universalist parish of Lanesville at its
organization about 1876, and d. 17 Mar., 1877, ae. 60 yrs., i mo.,
18 ds. She d. 12 Nov., 1896, ae. 74 yrs., 9 ms.
Children :
I. Orlando B.^, b. about 1839, mariner, m. 31 xA-ug., 1867, by
Rev. W. F. Lacount, Mrs. Sarah E. (Hooper) Riggs ; she b. about
1840, dau. of Robert and Susan Hooper of Rockport, Mass.
Their children :
1. Son^, b. 6 Sept., 1871.
2. Ida y.^, b. I Aug., 1876, d. 2 Oct., 1877, oe. i yr., 2 ms., 22 ds.
3. James P. "^^ b. 6 May, 1 88 1.
II. Edward A.^, b. about 1842, carpenter, m. by Rev. W. F.
Lacount, 13 Feb., 1869, Harriet A. Saunders; she b. about 1845,
dau. of William and Hannah Saunders of Lanesville. Children :
1. Gertrude^, b. 3 Jan., 1 871.
2. I/erman E.^, b. 18 June, 1874.
3. IVillie A.\ b. 15 Nov., 1883.
HI. Otis'*, b. 10 Aug., 1852, carpenter, m. 16 Aug., 1876,
Hattie a. Hodgdon ; she b. Shrewsbury, Mass., 1852, dau. of
William C. and Nancy D. (Thompson) Hodgdon. Their children :
1. Son^, b. Gloucester, 17 Oct., 1876.
2. Mattie AJ^^ b. 7 Dec, 1879.
3. IVillis P.^, b. 26 Mar., 1883, d. 24 Sept., 1883, x. 5 ms., 28 ds.
4. Al/'erta B.^, b. 18 Apr., 1884.
5. Bertha^, b. 18 Feb., 1886.
6. Augtistus^, b. 13 Nov., 1887, d. 28 Feb., 1889, oe. i yr., 3 ms., 17 ds.
7. Liliicni A.^, d. 2 Dec, 1893.
IV. Luelen^, d. 4 Aug., 1858, ae. 3 ms., 13 ds.
146.
SYLVANUS COBB LAXE" (Epes^ David5•^ John^-^, James^),
b. Lanesville, Gloucester, Mass., 23 July, 1834, seaman with Capt.
Oliver G. Lane, m. 2 Dec, 1855, by Rev. Nathaniel Richardson,
MARIE WOODBURY, a sister of Albert L. Lane's wife ; she b.
about 1832, dau. of Epes and Sarah Woodbury.
Children :
I. Olive G.^, b. 2 Apr., 1857.
362 James Lane and Descendants.
II. Edward Forest®, b. 3 Mar., 1859.
III. Ward Hale^, b. about 1866, fisherman, was pub. 15, and
m. 18 Sept., 1887, by Rev. James W. Higgins, Mary F. Tucker;
she b. about 1869, dau. of Frank and Nettie (Daggett) Tucker of
Gloucester. Their children :
1. Raymo7id H.^, b. 28 Feb., 1888.
2. Laiurence Frankliir' , b. 25 Apr., 1890.
3. Mildred IV.^, b. 10 May, 1897.
147.
Capt. GEORGE EDWARD LANE^ (Gideon^-s, Joseph^-s,
John'2, JaQies^), 1 822-1891, was born in Boston, Mass., 19 Feb.,
1822, removed with his parents to Annisquam, Gloucester, Mass.,
in childhood, 1826. He worked in the saw and grain mill at
Goose creek, Riverdale, and drove a meal wagon from it in 1838
and 1839. Master mariner and merchant. Married first, in 1846,
MARY ANN EVERETT; she b. 4 Oct., 1826, and d. Yokohama,
Japan, 17 Nov., 1869, se. 43 years, dau. of Jonathan and Aphia
Everett of New London, N. H. He m. second, 28 Dec, 1875,
by Rev. Richard Eddy, SOPHRONIA E. (Pulsifer) LANE,
widow of Charles Augustus Lane", (Oliver G.^, Gideon''-'*, Joseph-"^,
John^, James^). Capt. Lane printed Reminiscences of Old Time
Annisquam in 1889, and died 29 Mar., 1891, ae. 67 yrs., r mo.,
10 ds. — Mojinment in Mount Adnah.
obituary.
" Capt. George E. Lane died at his home on Leonard street, Sunday after-
noon, aged about 69 years.
"The long vigil is ended, the nights of weariness and suffering are done; and,
cold and still and at rest, 'he lies an^ong all the beautiful tokens of a busy and
happy home life. Released from the burdens of poor frail humanity, the
promise of Easter fulfilled, a new life, brighter, happier and immortal, is his
forevermore. What this loss means to the home left desolate, to wife and
sisters and son, we cannot measure in its depth and fullness. But out of our
sorrow for the friend and neighbor and citizen we can so illy spare, we offer
our truest sympathy, to those who sit in the shadow of a great and bitter grief.
Other pens can tell more truly the story of his busy, useful life. Though born
Family One Hundred Forty-Eight. 363
in Boston, this was his home from early childhood, and here he came at the
close of his active outside life to spend his remaining years. He was a suc-
cessful and enterprising navigator, and rose rapidly in his profession. He com-
manded some very fine clipper ships and the steamships of the Pacific Mail
Service, running between San Francisco and Yokohama. In every place he
was the same high-toned, humane and Christian gentleman that we knew him
to be in his later life. He had the welfare of his nation on his heart, and no
good word or work found him wanting. Funeral services will be held at his
late home either Wednesday or Thursday." — Cape Ann Breeze^ Tuesday^
March j/, 789/.
Child :
I. George Everett^, b. Annisquam, 7 Sept., 1847, ^^^- first,
Maggie Hamilton of San Francisco, Cal. They separated and
she m. Sir Sidney Waterloo, ex- Lord- Mayor of London. He m.
second, in Texas, 1875, Lillian L. Saladee; she b. Columbus,
Ohio, dau. of an officer in the regular army. They lived in Texas
and Colorado, and had :
1. Ernest'^ ,h. Marlin, Texas, 21 July, 1876.
2. Arthur^, b. 7 Sept., 1 878.
148.
FREDERIC FOOME LANE- (Ohver G.c, Gideon •'-', Joseph^
John"-, James^), 1829-1892, b. Annisquam, Mass., 25 Sept., 1829,
res. Beach, Whatcom Co., Wash.; m. 1867, NELLIE LAKE, and
d. 7 Jan., 1892.
Their children :
I. AuGUSTE*^, b. II Nov., 1868, m. Hattie ■ , and had:
I. Bertha Aiia^ . 2. Edith^ . 3. iVellie^. 4. Lucia'-'. 5. Son^^ b.
1898, d. 1899.
II. Annie Phippen^, b. 14 Nov., 187 1, m. 26 Nov., 1884, Al-
bert Bender, and had :
I. Fennel, b. 1885. 2. Xelly^ b. 1889, d. 1891. 3. Son, b. about 1896.
III. Oscar Ernest^, b. 3 Feb., 1874, m. 1889, Susie .
IV. Natpl\niel Phippen^, b. 4 Mar., 1876.
V. Charlotte Sibley^, b. 22 Mar., 1878.
364 James Lane and Descendani-s.
VI. Constance*^, b. 9 Mar., 1880.
VII. Frederic^, b. 3 Aug., 1882.
VIII. Oliver Griffin^, b. 23 Dec, 1885, d. 3 Mar., 1895,
IX. Helen^, b. Apr., 1889.
X. Charles Francis^, b. about 1891.
149.
THOMAS RANDALL LANE^ (Thomas B.^, Peter^, Gideon^,
Joseph^, John^, James^), 1 823-1888, born 10 Oct., 1823, at the
Lane homestead. Pleasant Hill, Freeport, Maine, was taxed for
real and personal estate at Freeport, 1875, 1887. Capt. Thomas
R. Lane and Miss MARY LOW CURTIS, both of Freeport, were
m. by Albert W. Purinton, 21 Oct., 1845. He d. 17 June, 1888,
ae. 64 years.
Children :
I. Marilla C.^, b. 9 Oct., 1846, d. 1852, ?e. 6 years.
II. Mary B.^, b. 22 Feb., 1851, d. 21 Jan., i860, ae. 8 yrs., 11
ms.
III. George Lamb^, b. 24 Apr., 1854, m., 1882, Ella Hannah
Richardson, was taxed for real and personal estate in Freeport,
1887, and had :
1. £^/2e/ Jl/af, h. 14 Sept., 1SS4.
2. Fi'ank J\ichardson^, b. 22 May, 1889.
3. Herbert RattdalP, b. II July, 1891.
IV. Sarah Caroline^, b. 14 Jan., 1856, m. Willla.m Curtis
Ringrose, and had :
1. Etta May.
2. Harry Merioii.
3. Thomas Randall La7ie.
4. Guy.
150.
PALFREY LANE" (Benjamin''-5-4.3, John^, Jamesi), 1798-
1843, ^^'^s born in New Gloucester, Me., 30 Nov., 1798, m. 27
Family One Hundred Fifiv-One. 365
Mar., 1823, ANN G. SAMPSON, and d. Auburn, Me., 14 Jan.,
1843, ae. 44 years.
Palfrey Lane of Danville, Me., bought of David Green, 39 4-5
acres of land, Lot 46, in Minot, Me., for ^600.00, Jan. 2, 1839,
and mortgaged the same to Edward Little, June 30, 1842.
Ann J. Lane, adm. of estate of Palfrey Lane, late of Auburn,
sold at. public auction part of Lot 46 to Edward Little of Danville,
Me., Oct. 20, 1843. She d. at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Leonard Goss, in California, 18 Dec, 1876.
Children :
L Edwin A.^, m. Ellen B. St. Clair, and resided 281 Cumber-
land street, Portland, Me. Their only child :
I. AlvinB.^, m. Ella A. Edgecomb. No children.
IL Daughter^, d. in infancy.
II L Hannah Abigail*, m. Leonard Goss. He was in the
foundry business at Berkeley and Sacramento, Cal.
IV. Frederick Henry"^, m. Willey. No children.
V. George Washington*, m. twice ; second, Elwell.
No children :
He had charge of the stables at Crawford, Fabyan, and White
Mountain houses, and drove the first coach with eight horses from
the Glen to top of Mount Washington in 1861. The whip lash he
used on this sensational trip is in the custody of his nephew, Alvin
B. Lane of Portland, Me.
151.
JACOB LANE' (Benjamin6-5-4.3^ John^, James^), 1800-1882,
b. 3 Apr., 1800, settled in Minot, Me. He was a tall, muscular
man, standing six feet, three inches in his stocking feet, straight as
an arrow, and challenging, up to past four score years of age, his
sons and the young men of their generation to lay him on his back.
He was at one time captain of a military company remarked for its
good discipline and very fine appearance on " muster days." He
366 Tames Lane and Descendants.
was many times urged to take but always declined town office. He
was also a successful school teacher.
Jacob Lane bought land in Minot, of his father, Benjamin Lane,
30 acres of Lot 80, for $250.00, Feb. 21, 1828, and of Leonard
Woodbury, 8 acres, 64 rods of Lot 78, for $45.00, Oct. 17, 1828.
— Cii7nb. Deeds.
Capt. Jacob Lane m. in 1826, his cousin, ALICE MERROW of
Minot; she b. 9 Oct., 1802, and d. 3 Jan., 1874,36. 71 yrs., 2 ms.,
24 ds. When Alice was seventeen years of age her mother died
leaving eight children to this daughter's care. Capt. Lane d. 12
July, 1882, ae. 82 yrs., 3 ms., 9 ds.
Five children :
L Alice^, b. 16 June, r828, m. 27 Nov., 185 1, John Pomerov
of Lewiston, Me. He was a volunteer in the 24th Maine regiment,
and d. while going up the Mississippi river, 30 July, 1863, ae. 35
years, and was buried in Tennessee on Island No. 37. Two chil-
dren :
1. Walter A., b. i Aug., 1852, m. 25 Apr., 1882, Hattie E. Linscoti, and
d. 16 Oct., 1886, se. 34 yrs., 2 ms., 15 ds. Daughter:
i) Marian H., b. 30 Oct., 1883.
2. Letitia, m. James Graydon, and lived in Woburn, Mass.
II. Jacob^, b. 24 Oct., 1830, d. Auburn, Me., 21 Mar., 1898, ae.
67 yrs., 4 ms., 27 ds. He was never married.
III. Sally D.®, b. 27 Jan., 1834, m. 8 Oct., 1873, Marion A.
Bessey, and resided in South Paris, Me.
IV. Samuel M.^, b. 3 July, 1835, proprietor of ''Rogers' Cough
Remedies"; m. i Aug., 1861, E. Jennie Butler, and resided in
Portland, Me. She d. 30 Apr., 1S89, ae. 49 yrs., 2 ms., 18 ds.
Five children :
1. Addie B.^, b. 14 Aug., 1863, d. 3 Oct., 1863, ce. 7 weeks.
2. Emma y.^, b. 9 Aug., 1864, d. 22 Aug., 1864, ae. 13 ds.
3. /Fz7/?V 79.^, b. 22 Sept., 1865, was drowned i Aug., 1886, oe. 20 yrs.,
10 ms., 9 ds.
4. Stella Ina^, b. 13 Nov., 1867.
5. lola E.^, b. 27 June, 1873, a graduate of Gorham Normal School, m.
3 July, 1893, Walter "J. Gam?non, and had:
i) Jennie R., b. 18 Aug., 1894.
2) Avis Hazel, b. 7 July, 1897.
V. Augustus*^, b. about 1840, resided Auburn, Me.
Family One Hundred Fifty-Three. 367
152.
JOHN BARNARD LANE' (Benjamin6-^-^-'^, John^, James'),
1803-1842, b. 17 Dec, 1803, m. OLIVE HAVWARD of Win-
throp, Me., 15 Sept., 1831, and lived at Minot Corner, Me., trader
and deputy sheriff. John B. Lane bought land with buildings
thereon in Minot, of William Dale, Mar. 22, 1830, which estate he
sold to Benjamin Lane for $250.00, Aug. 4, 1834, and which Ben-
jamin Lane sold to Daniel B. Hawke for $200.00, May 11, 1838.
Probably he had purchased the store of his father in 1836. —
Cu77ib. Co. Deeds.
He d. 18 Nov., 1842, ae. 38 yrs., 11 ms., 11 ds.
The widow of John B. Lane m. second, in May, 1859, Jabez
C. Woodman, an eminent lawyer of Portland, Me., who d. 8
Nov., 1869. She m. third, Rufus Brett of Farmington, Me., and
d. 14 July, 1882, ae. about 70 years.
Children of John Barnard and Olive (Hay ward) Lane :
L George Havward®, b. Mar., 1835, was living in California,
1892, and d. 1894.
H. Charles M.^, b. about 1839, d. Portland, Me., June, i860,
ae. about 21 years, of consumption, immediately after a game of
backgammon, in which he had beaten Jabez C. Woodman, Jr.,
Esq.
153.
RICHARD LANE^ (Benjamin^-s-i.s^ john^, James'), 1806-1884,
was born in Minot, Me., the part now Auburn, 4 May, 1806, re-
moved to Whitefield, N. H., in 1832, m. 2 Sept., 1833, HANNAH,
dau. of Asa KING of Whitefield. With the exception of a few years
in Carroll, N. H., he resided in Whitefield, and d. there 12 Oct.,
1884, ae. 78 years. She d. 15 Apr., 1896.
Eleven children :
I. Benjamin Franklin^, b. 28 Apr., 1834, selectman, 1882,
1883, board of education, 1894, res. Whitefield, N. H.
II. Asa King^, b. 29 May, 1836, res. Brookfield, Wis., 1895.
368 James Lane and Descendants.
III. Albert Winch^, b. 19 June, 1838, enlisted Sept. 21, 1864,
for one year in Co. L, First Regt., N. H. Heavy Artillery, mustered
in Oct. 4, 1864, was appointed corporal and mustered out June 15,
1865. P. O. address, Whitefield, N. H.
IV. Richard, Jr.^, b. 11 Apr., 1840, enlisted in Co. L, First
Regt., N. H. Vol. Heavy Artillery, Sept. 21, 1864, for one year,
was mustered in Oct. 4, 1864, and credited to Whitefield, was
appointed corporal May 4, 1865, and mustered out June 15, 1865,
on Board of Education, 1897. P. O. address, Whitefield, N. H.
V. Caroline Adelaide^, b. 19 Apr., 1842, d. 3 Mar., 1850, se.
8 years. ^
VI. Augustus Henry^, b. 19 May, 1844, enlisted Aug. 22, 1862,
at the age of 18 years, and was mustered in Sept. 23, 1862, with
Co. E, 14th Regt., N. H. Volunteer Infantry, in the quota of White-
field, was discharged disabled, Oct. 24, 1864, at Jefferson Barracks,
Mo., and d. 17 Sept., 1866, ae. 22 years.
VII. Han'Nah Lewella^, b. 27 Aug., 1847, M. D., a physician in
Snell Seminary, Oakland, Cal., 1895.
VIII. John Barnard^, b. 24 July, 185 i, grocer, Whitefield, m.
Mrs. Ann Eliza Eastman, a milliner, 1882 to 1897. He d. 6
Mar., 1895, ae. 44 years. No children.
IX. Edward Austin^, twin, b. 27 Nov., 1854, m. 24 May, 1882,
Annie A. Barter of Concord, N. H., is a lawyer and justice of the
peace, and res. Pittsfield, N. H. No children.
X. Charles Irvine^, twin, b. 27 Nov., 1854, m. Frances K.
Adams of Concord, N. H., and d. 13 Apr., 1883, ?e. 28 years. No
children.
XI. Effie Jean^, b. 10 Dec, 1856, m. James Edeon Noyes of
Tilton, N. H., and res. Whitefield and Pittsfield, N. H. Child :
I. Kathryn.
154.
BENJAMIN LANE, Jr.' (Benjamin6-'^--i-3, John^ James^,
1816-1895, was born in Minot, Me., 9 Apr., 1816, m. i Jan., 1844,
LvDiA L. Currier of Mechanic Falls, Me., who d. 27 Aug., 1881,
Family One Hundred Fifty-Five. 369
36. 6i yrs., II ms. He testified Dec. 24, 1844, that he was 28
years old and that his brother Richard was ^i"^, and had moved to
Whitefield, N. H., 12 years previous. He d. Auburn, Me., 10 Feb.,
1895, ae. 79 years.
Children :
I. Frank^, res. Mechanic Falls, Me.
n. Nathan D.", in Government Signal Service at Portland, Me.,
and in Texas.
HI. Elmer^.
IV. Charles*', Mechanic Falls.
155.
JONATHAN SEWALL LANE^ (Eliphalet'"5, Benjamin-^-^,
John-, James^), 1S05-1856, was b. in Bethel, Me., 1805, a clothier
by trade and captain of the militia; m. first, 1830, SUSAN WIL-
LIS, who was b. Bethel, 18 14, and d. 1838, dau. of Jonas and
Charlotte (Bartlett) Willis; m. second, in \\'hitefield, Me., ;
m. third, a sister of Barbour Lane's wife, (Eliphalet^-^ Benjamin'*-^,
John^, James^), and d. Lewiston, Me., 10 Apr., 1856.
Children by first wife, born in Hanover, Me. :
I. Jonas Willis^, b. 24 July, 1831, lived with his mother's peo-
ple, m. 10 Apr., 1856, AviCE R. Crockett; she b. 22 Mar., 1837,
dau. of Daniel H. and Rebecca (Bacon) Crockett of Woodstock,
Me. They lived in Gorham, N. H. One son :
I. Virgil \V?, b. 25 Jan., 1858, m. and lived in Gorham and Berlin, N.
H., and had:
i) Arthur W.^*^, b. Gorham, 22 Aug., 1883.
2) Rilla Avice'", b. Berlin, 15 Nov., 1888.
II. !vIary A.^, b. 14 Feb., 1833, d. Hanover, 10 Apr., 1856.
III. Augustus K.^, b. 14 Apr., 1834, m. 1861, Oriville Davis,
and had in Lewiston, Me. :
I. Albert. 2. Harry^ . 3. Carrie*. 4. Gertie^.
IV. Susan M.-, b. 5 Dec, 1836, m. Sept., 185 1, Anthony
Bessee, lived in Manti, Utah, and had several children.
370 James Lane and Descendants.
V. Edwin R.^, b. 4 Sept., 1838, m. 1862, Theressa Powers,
lived in Newry, Me., and had :
I. Daughter^.
By second wife : '
VI. A. K.^, lived at 53 Lowell street, Lewiston, Me.
By third wife :
VIL Albert S.^, lived in Auburn, Me.
VIIL Daughter^, m. Rev. Frederick C. Rogers, a Methodist
clergyman stationed at South Paris, Bangor, Auburn and other
places.
156.
HOWARD GARLAND LANE' (George^-s, Andrew^, Job^
John"2, James^), was born in Rockport, Mass., 15 Dec, 1850,
jeweler in Gloucester, Mass. He m. 27 Nov., 1873, by Rev.
Richard Eddy, GRACE GREENWOOD POOL; she b. about 1856,
dau. of Joshua and Azubah G. (Bray) Pool of Rockport, Mass.
Children born in Rockport :
L George H.^, d. 28 Feb., 1880, ?e. 4 yrs., 9 ms., 2 ds.
n. Chester Garland^, b. 15 Oct., 1881.
HL Mabel S.^, b. 12 June, 1885.
157.
STEPHEN H. LANE' (Stephen^-^, SamueH-3-2, James^), 1794-
1885, b. Newburyport, Mass., 7 May, 1794, sailmaker, m. 3 July,
\826, HANNAH CENTRE; m. second, JUDITH D. POLAND
of Gloucester, Mass., who d. his widow, 20 July, 1889, dau. of
WiUiam and Judith D. Poland of Hamilton, Mass. He d. 2 1 Sept.,
1885, ae. 92 years, the last Gloucester survivor of the war of 181 2.
Buried at Oak Grove.
Children :
I. William Henry^, b. 24 Jan., 1830.
Family One Hundred Fifty- Eight. 371
II. LoAMMi Center^, b. 8 Jan., 1832.
III. Elizabeth H.^, b. i Mar., 1838,111. i Aug., 1855, by Rev.
J. L. Hatch, John Blatchford, Jr.; he mariner, b. about 1829,
son of John and Sarah Blatchford of Gloucester, Mass.
IV. George Augustus^, b. 22 Jan., 1841, unm., d. 11 Aug.,
1 89 1, se. 49 years. Buried at Oak Grove.
V. Martha'^, b. 23 Mar., 1843.
By second marriage :
VI. John J.^, b. 26 Jan., 1849, d. 7 Sept., 1849, ^' 7 ^^^^-j 7 ^^'
VII. Sarah A.^, b. about 1852, m. 23 Mar., 1875, by Rev. F.
B. Makepeace, Walter D. Heath of Sedgwick, Me.; he b. 1854,
Bucksport, Me., son of John A. and Julia A (Snowman) Heath.
158.
EDWARD LANE^ (Jonathan D.'"', Stephen-^ Samuel^-^-s,
James'), 1802-1870, b. 5, bap. 21 Nov., 1802, by Rev. John
White, First Church, Gloucester, Mass., a sailmaker, purchased the
old Whittemore estate and settled at 123 Washington street,
Gloucester; m. first, BETSEY PULSIFER, who d. 14 Dec, 1843,
ae. 36 yrs., 3 ms., 14 ds. ; m. second, 25 Dec, 1844, by Rev.
Maxy B. Newell, EUNICE NORWOOD, and d. 7 Feb., 1870, ^e.
67 yrs., 3 ms. Buried at Oak Grove, Gloucester.
Children :
I. (jEOrge Phineas'^, b. 17 Dec, 1828, d. 16 Jan., 1851, ae. 22
years.
II. Sarah Elizabeth^, b. 26 July, 1836, m. 11 Feb., 1865, by
Rev. I. C. Thacher, George Stevens; his second m., b. about 1828,
son of George and Mary Stevens.
HI. Edward Henry'*, b. 20 Mar., 1839, paper hanger, m. 25
Nov., 1869, Louisa A. Wilson; she b. about 1846, d. 9 July, 1871,
se. 24 yrs., 7 ms., 23 ds., dau. of John J. and Louisa J. (Tarr)
Wilson. Their son :
I. Frederick^, b. 3 June, 1871, a druggist on Washington street, Glouces-
ter; 111. 18 June, 1893, by Rev. George O. Crosby, Florence A/. Allen: she b.
372 James Lane and Descendants.
about 1874, dau. of Horatio M. and Eliza Jane (Stanwood) Allen. Their
children:
1) Frederick Allen'^ b. 16 May, 1895.
2) Son"', b. 20 June, 1896, d. 29 June, 1896.
IV. Charles Fletcher^, b. 2 Aug., 1842, carpenter, and city
assessor, house, 118 Maplewood avenue, Gloucester; m. 5 Dec,
1865, by Rev. I. C. Thacher, Nancy O. Sherman; she b. about
1845, New Castle, Me. Their children :
1. Charles E.^, b. 14 Sept., 1866, bookkeeper, m. 12 Sept., 1891, by Rev.
George W. Mansfield, Edith W. Morroiu ; she b. Gloucester, about 1874,
dau. of James T. and Catherine (Coffin) Morrow. They had:
i) Edith Charlotte'^, b. 18 Jan., 1892. 2) Charles M.'^ b. 12 May, 1893,
d. 9 Aug., 1893. 3) Milton Edward^-', b. 21 Jan., 1895. 4) Charles Morrow*^,
b. 12 May, 1897.
2. Franklin 5.^, b. about 1869, mason, m. 2 May, 1892, by Rev. W. H.
Rider, Mary A. Hodgkins ; she b. about 1873, dau. of Edward T. and Mary
E. (Brown) Hodgkins.
3. Newton S.^, b. 16 Mar., 1873.
V. Agnes Haskell^, d. 3e. about 3 years.
By second marriage :
VI. Agnes Haskell^, b. 22 Oct., 1845, unm.
VII. FiTZ Henry^, b. 19 Oct., 1848, carpenter, m. 4 Mar.,
1 89 1, by Rufus P. Hubbard, Rose or Rhoda Ada Tuck, m. n.
Bowen ; tailoress, b. about 1853, dau. of John D. and Isabel
(Rogers) Bowen; had three children by first m., none by second
marriage.
VIII. William Marien^, b. 19 June, 1850, mason, m. 16 Aug.,
1882, by Rev. Robert P. Rogers, Eliza Herrick ; she b. about
1859, dau. of Richard and Eldretta (Sargent) Herrick of Glouces-
ter. Their children :
1. Agnes J/.^, b. 24 Apr., 1883.
2. MadeP, b. 7 Sept., 1888.
3. £_^e Florence^, b. 1 1 Mar., 1893.
159.
GEORGE B. LANE' (John^ James\ DanieH, SamueP-^,
James'), was b. in Leeds, Me., 16 Feb., 1833. He m. 1858,
Family One Hundred Twenty-Oxe. '61 o
VIOLA A. RAMSDELL, and lived in Leeds. Administrator of
his father's estate, Dec, 1863.
Children :
L JoHN^, b. 5 Sept., 1859, m. Sept., 1882, Emma B. Foss, and
d. in Stockton, Cal., 5 Sept., 1883. Their son :
I. j^o/in F.^, b. Nov., 1883, was living with his mother in Stockton, 1S96.
IL Justin P.-, b. 12 Dec, 1865, d. 16 Feb., 1885.
in. KriTiE^, b. 27 Feb., 1875, m. 24 Mar., 1894, Ernest
A. Russell, and had :
I. Eula Lane, b. 3 Feb., 1896.
180.
CYRUS BEXSOX LAXE" (Giddings^-^, DanieH, SamueP-a,
James^) was born in Leeds, Me., 6 June, 1838, and acquired a
good common school education. In i860, he was employed as
assistant civil engineer on the extension of the Androscoggin rail-
road from Leeds via Lewiston to Brunswick. In 1863, in company
with his father, Giddings Lane, he crossed the plains with an ox
and mule team, and on his return engaged in farming. In 1868,
he sold farm, stock and crops to his brother, G. W. Lane, and went
to North Monmouth, Me., and engaged in trade, but repurchased
the old farm and removed to Leeds in 1874. He became a mem-
ber of Monmouth Lodge of F. and A. Masons in 1868, and a
member of Winthrop R. A. Chapter in 1874; served his town as
selectman 1888 to 1893, and was elected town treasurer in 1893,
serving with credit to himself and satisfaction to his townsmen.
Mr. Lane m. 26 Jan., 1865, ALBIXA LYDIA LOTHROP,
dau. of Solomon L. and Hannah (Turner) Lothrop.
Their daughter :
I. Cassandra Benson^, b. 16 Oct., 1865, m. 26 Oct., 1888,
Chester Carroll Farmer, and had :
1. Cyt'us IVilsoti, b. 3 Aug., 1889, d. 29 Nov., 1889.
2. Chester Carroll, Jr., b. 9 May, 1 89 1.
3. IVilliam Leavitt, b. 26 Apr., 1894, d. 15 June, 1894.
4. Albina Lane, b. 4 Aug., 1895.
o74: James Lane and Descendants.
161.
DANIEL G. LANE^ (Calving Giddings-', Daniel^ SamueP-^
James^), was born in Carroll, Me., 7 July, 1853, m. 13 Jan., 1876,
ELLA F. HOOK of Lee, Me., and was proprietor of the Tops-
field House, Topsfield, Me.
Children :
I. Harry G.^, b. in Lee, 17 Aug., 1878.
H. Carl C.^, b. in Topsfield, 7 Dec, 1879.
HL Vio D.^ b. 28 Jan., 1886.
IV. D. Aubrey^ b. 26 May, 1888.
V. Orland H.^, b. 22 Aug., 1 89 1.
162.
ADONIRAM JUDS0N7 (Issacher^, Peter^, Daniel^ SamueP-^,
James^), was born in Leeds, Me., 18 July, 1830, resided Leeds
Centre, m. 18 Sept., 1853, ANN HASELTINE FOSS; she b. in
Leeds, 18 Aug., 1833, dau. of Walter Foss.
Seven children born in Leeds :
I. Ada x\delaide^, b. 23 May, 1855, d. 8 Nov., 1873.
II. Freemont^, b. 21 Jan., 1857, d. 30 June, 1863.
III. Edgar Willie^, b. 11 Aug., i860, m. 31 May, 1892, Isa-
bella Parsons Foss, dau. of Thomas Clarkson and Elizabeth L-
(Cobb) Foss of Leeds. They had :
I. Beatrice Marie^^ b. 11 Nov., 1895.
IV. Sarah Ellen^, b. 28 May, 1864, m. 27 May, 1896,
Thomas Henry N evens.
V. WiNFiELD ScoiT^, b. 1 3 Sept., 1865, m. 5 Oct., 1884,
Nellie Jane Allen, and had :
I. Elmer Freeviout^, b. 10 May, 1890.
VI. Allice^, b. 4 July, 1873, d. 6 Sept., 1874.
VII. IssACHER*^, b. 7 Sept., 1877.
Family One Hundred Sixty- Four. 375
163.
TIMOTHY LANE' (John«, Benjamin^, IssacheH, SamueP-^,
James^), 182 7-1 888, b. 3 Sept., 1827, m. 19 Feb., 1852, AMANDA
SMITH; sheb. 4 Oct., 1834. He d. i Feb., 1888.
Six children :
I. Fredona E.^, b. 3 Aug., 1852, m. first, 30 Apr., 1870,
Chaney Hall; m. second, 23 Nov., 1878, Alden C. Cooper.
II. Benjamin S.^, b. 3 June, 1854, d. 31 Jan., 1870.
181. III. John K."", b. 3 June, 1854, m. Emma Young.
IV. George F.^, b. 4 Nov., 1856, d. 11 Oct., 1885.
V. Mary A.^, b. 13 Aug., 1858, d. 11 May, 1883.
VI. Rosa A.^ b. 9 July, i860, d. 9 Oct., 1887.
164.
BENJAMIN LANE' (Joseph'', Benjamin^, Issacher-*, SamueP-2,
James'), 1826-1887, b. 6 May, 1826, m. first, 1848, MAHALA
ROBERTS; sheb. i Jan., 1829, d. 12 Mar., 1870. He m. second,
June, 1871, AMANDA PIERCE; she b. July, 1842, d. 2 May,
1897. He d. 23 July, 1SS7.
Five children :
I. Willl^m V.^, b. 4 Nov., 1849, photographer, Camden, Me.,
m. first. Mar., 1869, Viola Calderwood ; she b. 20 July, 1846,
and d. 30 Aug., 1885. He m. second, 1886, Annie Gr-a.y.
II. Hiram L.^, b. 17 Oct., 1856, m. 1881, Dora Montgomery,
who d. 1886. He d. 6 Feb., 1885. One child:
I. HarolcP, b. 17 Oct., 1882.
III. Ada^, b. 17 Dec, 1859, d. 2 Nov., 1862.
IV. Eva Maria"*, b. 27 July, 1862, m. June, 1886, George VV.
ViNAL.
V. Llcy Ellen^, b. II Aug., 1866.
376 James Lane and Descendants.
165.
HIRAM VINAL LANE^ (Joseph^ Benjamin^ Issacher^, Sam-
ueP-'2, James^), 1829-1898, b. 9 Nov., 1829, m. 11 Nov., 1852,
SUSAN R. ROBERTS; she b. 8 Jan., 1838. The Vinalhaven
Fish Company was estabUshed in 187 1. Mr. Lane entered the
partnership and commenced business on Lane's Island. He d. 3
Jan., 1898.
Four children :
I. Hattie Gertrude^, b. 20 Feb., 1855, m. 30 Oct., 1878,
W. Frank Pierce, and d. 14 May, 1879.
II. Joseph James^, b. ii Oct., 1858, traveling agent teas and
coffees, Waterville, Me., m. 15 Sept., 1880, Ella Brown; she b.
Apr., 1856. Two children :
1. HaMie Gertrude^, b. 2 May, 1883.
2. Fred Walls'^, b. 10 Nov., 1884.
HI. Lillian Mav^, b. ii June, 1870, m. i Jan., 1891, Thomas
E. Libby of the Vinalhaven Fish Company.
IV. Alice Gurney^, b. 9 Nov., 1872, music teacher, Vinal-
haven. Miss Lane and her brother-in-law, Thomas E. Libby, have
assisted in the history of the Lane family.
166.
RODNEY LANE^ (James^, Benjamin^ Issacher^, SamueP-2,
James^), b. 18 Sept., 1831, a soldier in the Civil War, m. 8 Sept.,
1861, LYDIA HIBBARD ; she b. 29 Aug., 1841.
Eight children :
I. Belladona^, b. 10 July, 1862, m. 5 Aug., 1880, U. B. Dyer.
II. James F.^, b. 15 July, 1864, d. i July, 1884.
HI. William R.^ b. 25 Oct., 1869.
IV. Margaret E.^, b. 19 Feb., 187 1, m. 5 Nov., 1892, Sam-
uel L. Jones.
V. Edwin G.^, b. 25 Ai)r., 1873, m. 30 Dec, 1893, Annie H.
Farnham ; she b. 26 Mar., 1876.
Family One Hundred Sixty- Eight. 377
VI. Albert^, b. 19 Dec, 1876.
VII. Adelbert*^, b. 19 Dec, 1876, d. Nov., 1877.
VIII. IvoN^, b. 3 Feb., 1879, d. 19 Aug., 1884.
167.
WILLIAM SMITH LANE" (Timothy^, Benjamin-^, IssacheH,
SamueP'-, James^), b. 23 Oct., 1830, m. i Dec, 1849, MERCY
DELANO; she b. 16 June, 1832.
Nine children :
L Charles F.^, b. 16 June, 1850.
II. LuciNDA T.", b. 10 Nov., 1851, m. 14 Nov., 1868, E. R.
Graffam.
III. Theodosia S.^, b. 26 Aug., 1853, m. Mar., 1880, W. W.
Freeman, and d. 6 Sept., 1883.
IV. Rachel A."", b. 4 Apr., 1857, m. 16 Sept., 1878, W. H.
Goodwin.
V. Thomas B.^, b. 16 Jan., 1859, m. i Oct., 1885, Maggie A.
Calderwood ; she b. 8 Aug., 1864. One child:
I, Leo IV.^, b. 23 Aug., 1892.
VI. Oscar C.^, b. 25 Dec, i860, m. 23 Sept., 1884, Abbie G.
Frye ; she b. 20 Dec, 1866.
VII. Allie H.^, b. 23 Dec, 1862, m. 24 Nov., 1883, Nellie
M. Carver; she b. 19 Mar., 1867. Two children:
1. Vera^, b. 13 July, 1 890.
2. Fred^, b. 17 Apr., 1S97.
VIII. CoRA*^, b. 15 May, 1865, m. 29 Jan., 1886, James E.
Carlin.
IX. Clara E.*^, b. 5 Dec, 1868, m. i Jan., 1891, Albert E.
Pendleton.
168.
EDWIN LANE' (Timothy^, Benjamin^, Issacher"*, SamueP-2,
James'), b. ii Sept., 1832, m. 13 Dec, 1848, REBECCA C.
378 James Lane and Descendants.
LANE"^ (Joseph^, Benjamin'^, Issacher"*, SamueP*^, James') ; she b.
12 Mar., 1833. He commenced buying and curing fish for the
Boston and Charlestown markets in 1878; is a member of Moses
Webster Lodge of ]\Iasons.
Four children :
L Margaret Ellen^, b. 14 Nov., 1850, m. i Jan., 1869,
Thomas G. Libby.
IL Leroy H.s, b. I Dec, 1854, m. 20 Oct., 1877, Carrie E.
Howard; she b. 6 Nov., 1854. One child:
I. Leon 11.^, b. 7 May, 1878, d. 5 Aug., 1879.
in. Benjamin L.^, b. 27 Feb., 1858, m. 6 Sept., 1893, Mabel
^. FreExMan; she b. 31 Jan., 1866.
IV. George M.^, b. 14 Apr., 1862.
169.
Rev. benjamin HUMPHREY LANE» (Edmund Cleaves^,
Josiah^--'*-'*, James-^ John-, James^), was born in Yarmouth, Me., 8
Mar., 1844. He enlisted Aug. 23, 1862, in Co. H, 149 Penn.
Vols. ; was engaged in nineteen battles .with the Army of the Po-
tomac, and was mustered out June 24, 1865. Graduated from
Newton Theological Seminary, June 8, 1870; was ordained Sept.
14, 1870, at Bow, N. H. ; settled at Bow and Newton, N. H.,
North Uxbridge and Worcester, Mass., at Valley Falls, R. I., and at
Antrim, N. H. He. m. first, 19 Dec, 1877, LIZZIE ASHTON
BOSWELL ; she b. 22 Oct., 1857, dau of William Ward and Lucy
Ann (Peabody) Boswell of Newton, N. H., and d. at Valley Falls,
R. I., 26 Oct., 1885. He m. second, 29 Oct., 1889, MINERVA
W. DEXTER; she b. 20 Dec, 1863, dau. of James C. and Frances
(Barrows) Dexter of Lonsdale, R. I., and d. at Lonsdale, 3 July,
1896. He m. third, 20 June, 1899, JENNIE THEODATE
MINER, ^L D. ; she b. 22 Dec, i860, dau. of Elliot Earle and
Abbie Cornelia (Howe) Cunningham of Worcester, Mass., and
whose name appears in Lane Genealogies, Vol. I, p. 77.
Family One Hundred Seventy-One. 379
Children by first marriage :
I. William Edmund^, b. 9 June, 1881, at North Uxbridge,
Mass.
II. Alice Boswell^, b. 24 June, 1883, at Worcester, Mass.
170.
AERIAL DEBLANCE LANE« (Joseph Hicks', Levi«, Isaac^
Josiah"*, James^, John-, James^), was b. in East Gray, Me., 13 Oct.,
1834, and received his name from a Frenchman who saved his
father's Hfe at sea. He was educated in the schools of his native
town and at New Gloucester, Me. At the age of twenty he began
to follow the sea, becoming second mate and later first mate of the
barque "Meldon." He went to California in 1S49, and engaged
in mining. From California he went to Boise City, Idaho. After
thirteen years spent in the West he settled, in 1873, as a farmer
and dairyman on Brown's wharf road, near the original farm of
James Lane^ Yarmouth, Me. He m. 1872, ELIZABETH S.
HAVES; she b. 2 Mar., 1841, dau. of David and Lydia (Parsons)
Hayes of North Yarmouth. Mrs. Lane is a very hospitable lady.
To her supervision must be largely credited the excellent quality
of the butter product at the Lane dairy. Both are members of the
First Congregational church in North Yarmouth. — Cumh. County
Worthies.
Children :
I. Joseph Hicks^, b. 5 Jan., 1874.
II. Ebenezer Davis'^, b. 26 May, 1876, student at Bowdoin
College.
III. Beecher True^, b. 6 Jan., 1878.
IV. Forest Debl-INCE^, b. 3 June, 1882.
171.
ALVIN A. LANE^ (Joseph Hicks', Levi*^, Isaac-^, Josiah^,
James^, John-, James^) was a native of Gray, ]\Ie., dealer in boots
380 James Lane and Descendants.
and shoes, 381 Congress street, Portland, Me.; m. ABBY POR-
TER.
Children :
I. Urban D.9
II. Clarence H.'-^
III. Morton M.'^
172.
CHARLES M. LANE^ (Joseph Hicks^ Levi^, Isaac-^ Josiah^
James3, John^, Jamesi), b. East Gray, Me., 4 Oct., 1845 ; ^t the
age of twenty was employed as baggage master on the Grand
Trunk railroad; m. 4 July, 1867, FRANCES A. YOUNG; she
b. South Paris, Me., 15 Jan., 1847, dau. of 'George W. and Laura
F. (Fields) Young of South Paris, Me. They settled on a farm of
100 acres which he purchased in Gray. Both are active members
of the Methodist Episcopal church ; he a Republican in politics
and a member of the Grange in New Gloucester, Me.
Ten children :
I. Frederick F.'', b. 25 May, 1868, m. Addie L. Call, and res.
South Boston.
II. Edgar C.^, b. 31 Mar., 1870, m. Mary S. Mayall.
III. Carrie L.^, b. 18 Apr., 1872, d. 10 Sept., 1872.
IV. J. Caswell^, b. 29 July, 1873, traveling agent.
V. George T.'^, b. 31 Aug., 1875.
VI. Laura A.^, b. i Nov., 1878, d. i June, 1880.
VII. WiNFiELD A.9, b. 6 Aug., 1880.
VIII. Lester E.^, b. 27 Apr., 1882, d. 27 Sept., 1882.
IX. Infant^ b. 24 Feb., 1884, d. 5 Mar., 1884.
X. Vera E.9, b. 30 Sept., 1885.
173.
3.2
HENRY LYMAN LANE^ (Henry W.-, John^ David^-^, John
James^), b. Lanesville, Mass., 6 Sept., 1847, m. 31 Oct., 1867, by
Family One Hundred Seventy- Four. 381
Rev. J. C. Smith, ADA ALLEN ; she b. about 1849, ^^^'^' of Mark
and Martha. He was a fisherman, house 774 Washington street,
Gloucester, Mass.
Children :
L Chester Allen^, b. about 1868, clerk and butcher, Rock-
land, Mass., m. 26 Nov., 1885, by Rev. Charles >L Hall, Louisa
RiGGS; she b. about 1869, dau. of James and Eunice T. (Atwater)
Riggs. Their children :
1. Chester Lerov^'^, b. 5 June, 1886.
2. £unue J.^^ b. 12 Mar., 1888, d. 17 June, 1888.
3. Ada Mildred^^\ b. 16 Aug., 1894.
4. Dana Clifford'^^^ b. 13 Feb., 1897.
H. Willie Cotton^, b. 13 Dec, 1872.
HL Harry Lewts^, b. about 1874, butcher, m. by Rev. H. G.
Buckingham, Edith ]NL\rv Butler; she b. about 1870, dau. of
Walter and Julia (Sargent) Butler of Gloucester. Their children :
1. Olive^^, b. 24 Mar., 1890.
2. Esther Louisa^^, b. 6 Oct., 1893.
3. Harry Carlton^'^ , b. 5 Sept., 1S94.
IV. Sidney Thurston^, b. 6 Aug., 1875.
V. Eugene Gardner'^', b. 20 Oct., 1878.
VL Ralph Henrv^, b. 22 May, 1882.
VH. ]\L\RrHA Louisa^.
VHL Son9, died.
174.
LEVI SAUNDERS LANE« (Henry W.", John«, David^-^,
John^--, James^), b. Lanesville, Mass., about 1849, "^- ^^ River-
dale, Gloucester, Mass., by Rev. A. J. Hall, 9 May, 1870, ELLA
FLORENCE MERCHANT^; she b. about 1852, dau. of Jabez-^
and Beulah (Parsons) Merchant (Jabez^-^, Daniel^, Jabez').
Children :
I. Elmer Ellsworth^, moved to Lynn, Mass.
II. Herbert Melvin^, b. i Sept., 1875.
HI. Julia Hasty^, b. 20 Oct., 1877.
IV. Others^.
382 James Lane and Descendants.
175.
DAVID LANE« (David' •6-5.4^ John^-"^, Jamesi), b. Lanesville,
Mass., 1 8 Nov., 1836, mariner and painter, lived on Gee avenue,
Riverdale, Gloucester, Mass., m. first, 12 Oct., 1856, by Rev.
Nathaniel Richardson, MARY J. STAN WOO D ; she b. about
1839, dau. of Henry and Rachel Stanwood of Gloucester. He m.
second, 17 ]\Iar., 1864, by Rev. S. Chapin, JULIA LANE^
(Henry White", John'^, David^-"*, John^--, James^) ; she b. 25 Aug.,
1843.
Children :
I. Lizzie Jane^, b. 2 1 Aug., 1857, m. 29 Oct., 1873, by Rev.
William H. Teel, Henry A. Barker; he b. about 1852, Plymouth,
Mass., son of George and Julia A. (Thayer) Barker, and lives in
Bridgewater, Mass.
By second marriage :
II. Howard Prescoit^, b. 25 June, 1865, farmer, m. 4 Oct.,
1888, by Rev. F. C. Martin, Katherine G. Kerr; she b. about
1870, dau. of Thomas and Margaret (Scott) Kerr of New Bruns-
wick. Their children :
1. Charles Hoivard^^ , b. 25 Apr., 1889.
2. Bessie Frances^^, b. 10 Jan., 189 1.
III. Henry Wallace^, b. 21 June, 1867, farmer, m. 12 Dec,
t888, by Rev. F. C. Martin, Sarah Frances Brown; she b. about
1868, dau. of Edward A. and Almira (Stanwood) Brown, and had :
I. Belle Olive^'\ b. 12 Dec, 1890.
IV. Bertha^, b. 30 July, 1871, d. 26 Feb., 1872, ae. 7 months.
V. Arthur L.^, b. 25 Dec, 1879.
176.
THOMAS M. LANE^ (David~-6--\ John'^-2, James^), b. Lanes-
ville, Mass., I ^Lay, 1844, pedler, res. Riverdale, Gloucester, Mass.,
m. 28 Apr., 1864, by Rev. Thomas Morong of Ipswich, ELLEN
U. LAXE^ (Henry White", John^, David'-^ John^-^, James').
Family One Hundred Seventy- Seven. 383
Children :
I. Edward Evereit^, b. 15 July, 1S65, m. 10 June, 1891, by
Rev. Andrew W. Baird, Anne Agnes Howlett ; she b. about 1869,
dau. of Henry W. and Johanna Howlett. Child :
I. Everett Thomas^'-\ b. 13 July, 1892.
n. Nellie Jane'-^, b. about 1867, m. 17 Sept., 1885, by Rev.
Charles M. Hale, John Morris; he b. about 1S65, son of Joseph
D. and Mary Isabel Morris of Gloucester. Children :
I. Eddie. 2. Hattie. 3 and 4. Tiuo Children, d.
HI. Hermon'\ b. 16 May, 187 1, m. 15 July, 1S87, by Rev.
George W. Cook, Annie W. Cook, dau. of Edmund and Lizzie M.
(Day) Cook. Children :
1. Alice Warner^'', b. 9 Oct., 1887.
2. Percey Z."*', b. 6 Apr., 1889, d. 5 Aug., 1889, ■x. 4 ms.
3. Datighter^*\ b. 7 Apr., 1 890.
4. Ida Miiy^'\ b. 21 Nov., 1892.
5. Danghter^^\ b. 10 Sept., 1896.
IV. Austin'^, b. 7 Mar., 1875, grocer, m. 8 Sept., 1897, by Rev.
J. F. Mears, Annie M. Tlxker; she b. Gloucester, about 1874,
dau. of Henry and Irene (Butler) Tucker.
V. Thomas Newell^, b. 18 July, 1S77.
VI. Roscoe^, b. 17 Nov., 1 88 1, m.
177.
HARVEV LANE' (James M.', David'^-^^-^, John^-^, James^),
b. Annisquam, Mass., about 1843, mariner, m. first, 14 Oct., 1862,
by Rev. Robert P. Hogers, JUDITH K. RIGGS; she b. Glouces-
ter, Mass., 1846, dau. of James and Elmira Riggs, and d. 9 May,
1863, ae. 16 yrs., 8 ms. He m. second, 14 Aug., 1864, by Rev.
S. Chapin, AMANDA M. STANWOOD; she b. about 1845, dau.
of Nehemiah and Catherine Stanwood. He d. 2 Mar., 1889, ae.
46 yrs., 2 ms., 15 ds. Buried at Mount Adnah, Annisquam.
Children :
I. Elizabeth A.^, b. 14 Aug., 1865, m. 22 Dec, 1887, by Rev.
384 James Lane and Descendants.
F. C. iMarlin, Charles A. Hodgkins; he painter, b. about 1864,
son of Isaac and Mary A. (Richardson) Hodgkins of Gloucester.
II. Annie M.^, b. 29 Mar., 187 1.
III. Kate E.'-', b. 27 Nov., 1874.
IV. Gertrude E.^, b. about 1875, m. 6 Sept., 1894, by Rev.
R. P. Hubbard, Solon M. Pinkham ; he b. Wiscasset, Me., about
1868, son of Albert H. and Louisa (Rhines) Pinkham.
V. Harvey M.^, b. 24 Feb., 1877, d. 27 May, 1877, 36.3 ms.,
3 ds.
VI. Willie H.9, b. 24 Sept., 1878.
VII. Ada M.9, b. 18 Mar., 1880.
178.
OSBORNE W. LANE8 (James M.*^, Davide-^-^, John^-s, Jamesi),
b. Annisquam, Mass., 2 July, 1853, music composer, teacher and
dealer, Gloucester, Mass. ; m. 24 Feb., 1878, by Rev. Henry C.
Leonard, ABBY R. STANWOOD ; she b. Gloucester, about 1856,
dau. of David W. and Susan R. (Allen) Stanvvood.
Children :
L Helen M.^, b. 18 Aug., 1878.
II. Percy O.^ b. 8 Oct., 1882.
III. Ella P.», b. 29 Sept., 1886.
IV. Susan Lucretia^, b. 10 May, 1889, d. 27 May, 1890, ae. i
yr., 1 7 ds.
179.
FRANCIS EDWARD LANE^ (John-, David^-'^-^, John^-2,
James^), b. Lanesville, Mass., 13 Mar., i860, sewing machine
agent, Gloucester, Mass.; m. 9 Oct., 1882, by Rev. M. J. Boglan,
MARY F. DOWNEY; she governess, b. Brookline, Mass., about
i860, dau. of Michael and Ikidget (Shine) Downey.
Family One Hundred Eighty. 385
Children :
I. John J.^, b. 21 Mar., 1884.
II. Fkancis E.9, b. 6 Sept., 1887.
III. Lena G.^, b. 13 Aug., 1889, d. 31 Aug., 1895, ae. 6 yrs.,
25 ds.
IV. Frank E.^, twin, b. 15 Nov., 1892, d. 10 July, 1894, ae. i
yr., 8 ms., 24 ds.
V. Florence M.^, twin, b. 15 Nov., 1892, d. 10 Sept., 1895,
se. 2 yrs., 9 ms., 26 ds.
VI. Lillian Augusta^, b. 14 Nov., 1894.
180.
ALEXANDER LANE^ (David^ Epes^, David^-*, John^-2,
James^), b. Lanesville, Gloucester, Mass., 24 Mar., 1830, soldier
Co. F, nth regiment. New Hampshire volunteer infantry, credited
to New London, N. H., enlisted Aug. 20, 1862, mustered in Aug.
29, 1862, as corporal, appointed sergeant, then first sergeant,
wounded July 30, 1864, at the mine explosion, Petersburg, Va.,
mustered out, June 4, 1865. Post office address. New London,
Penacook and Concord, N. H. He m. 19 Dec, 1850, FRANCES
JANE BURPEE.
Children :
I. Emma Jane^, b. 19 Aug., 1852, m. 10 Sept., 1869, Charles
Curtis Chesley. Their children :
1. Minnie Bell, b. 24 Mar., 1870, d. 6 Tuly> 1870.
2. Ediua yd Arthur^ b. 13 June, 1873, d. 31 July, 1 873.
3.^ Nellie Stear?is, b. 15 Feb., 1875.
4. Millie Stewart^ b. 7 Nov., 1876.
6. Charles Edward, b. 4 July, 1880.
6. Carl Cummings, b. 29 June, 1890.
II. Nellie Isabell^, b. 3 Aug., 1857, d. 6 Mar., i860.
III. Charles Woodard^, b. 30 Sept., i860, m. 18 Jan., 1888,
Florence Blanker, w^ho d. 18 July, 1894.
IV. Minnie Isabel^, b. 13 Oct., 1862.
386 James Lane and Descendants.
V. Frank Linwood^, b. 30 Nov., 1868, m. i May, 1896, Win-
nie Bailey, and had :
I. Chester Liii'wood'^^, b. 5 May, 1898.
181.
JOHN K. LANE» (Timothy"^, John^, Benjamin^, Issacher^,
Samuel3-2, James^), b. 3 June, 1854, m. 12 Sept., 1885, EMMA
YOUNG; she b. 17 June, 1856.
Six children :
I. Nora9, b. 19 Feb., 1886, d. 10 Nov., 1887.
II. Lottie9, b. 6 Nov., 1887.
III. Mertie^, b. 21 Mar., 1889.
IV. NoR-\9, b. 18 May, 1890.
V. Jennie E.^, b. ii July, 1896, d. ae. 7 ms.
VI. Vestie^, b. 25 May, 1893.
PART IV.
Edward Lane of Boston, Mass.
1.
EDWARD LANE^ was a brother of Job and James Lane, and
an early resident of Maiden, Mass., where he bought real estate of
Robert Harding in 1651.
He had an interest with his brothers in their father, James Lane's
estate, Rickmansworth, England, June 6, 1654. Like his brother
Job, he visited England, returning to America in 1656.
" Passengers aboard the Speedwell of London, Eng., Robert
Locke, Master, bound for New England : Edward Lane, aged 36
yrs.. May 30, 1656."
He soon settled as a merchant in Boston, Mass.
" Subscriptions for the building of ye Town house, Boston, 1657,
paid : Edward Lane pr'mise to pay by the hands of Lievt. Rich.
Cook fine pounds and tenn shillings, I say ;£^, los."
Edward Lane m. 11 Dec, 1657, HANNAH KEAYNE^, dau. of
Benjamin- and Anna (Dudley) Keayne. '' i\P. Edw<^ Lane was
maryed to Hannah Keayne, 11 : 10 : '57, By John Endecott Gov^"
— Boston Record.
Maj. Benjamin Keayne^, only son of Capt. Robert Keayne^ was admitted
a member of the Boston Artillery Company in 1638, and a freeman of Massa-
chusetts in 1639. He m. Anna, dau. of Gov. Thomas and Dorothy Dudley,
"an unhapppy and uncomfortable match." About 1645, he visited England,
from which country he never returned. Mrs. Keayne was disciplined by the
church for irregular conduct, Nov. 1646, and was excommunicated Oct., 1647.
Their only daughter, Anna^, was left to the care of her grandparents.
Capt. Robert Keayne^ was the earliest settler on the south-western corner
of State Street, Boston. He was by business a tailor, and fell under the cen-
sure of the court and church for selling his goods at exorbitant prices, as
388 Edward Lane of Boston, Mass.
compared with the regular, authorized rates. He was the first commander in
1637 of "the military company of Mass.," chartered in 1638, the oldest band
of citizen soldiery in America, to which the name "Ancient and Honorable
Artillery Company" was applied in 1720. Capt. Robert Keayne was deputy
for Boston to the General Court, May 6, 1646. His lawsuit with warlike Mrs.
Sherman, about the stray pig, occasioned in 1664 the permanent separation of
the Massachusetts Legislature into two houses, each with a veto power upon
the other. "There fell out a great business upon a very small occasion.
John Winthrop." — Beginnings of Nexij England by John Fiske^ pp. 106-108.
"Capt. Robert Keayne died 23, i mo. '56," — Boston Records.
"Captain Robert Keayne
First Commander of the
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
1838."
— Tofnbsione, King's Chapel Burying Ground, Boston.
He left large bequests to public uses, among which were legacies for the
erection of a town hall where the old state house now stands, for the founding
of an alms house and for building a granary; and he supplemented these
legacies by other gifts. He further provided that his granddaughter Anna
Keayne, "be disposed of for her future education unto some such wise and
Godly mistress or family where she may have her carnal disposition most of all
subdued and reformed by strict discipline; and also that they would show like
care and assistance in seasonable time to provide some fit and Godly match
proportionate to her estate and condition, that she may live comfortably and
be fit to do good in her place, and not to suffer herself to be circumvented or
to cast herself away upon some swaggering gentleman or other that will look
more after enjoying what she hath than live in the fear of God and true love
to her."
The will, dated at Boston, Dec. 28, 1653, names "my son, Major Benjamin
Keayne, to be sole executor thereof," and Edward Lane to oversee its execu-
tion. "Last sheet of my Will, Page 36 or sides of paper, all of it, yea evy
line & word in it being writen with my own hand & my name subscribed at the
lower ende of evey page. Robert Keayne."
The 36 original pages of this will now occupy 158 folio pages of manu-
script in the Suffolk Co. Probate Records.
Edward Lane as "overseer," named in the will of Capt. Robert
Keayne, showed his care "to provide some fit and Godly match"
for the grantee, by marrying her. But difficulties arose. The case
between Edward Lane and Anna Keayne, the mother, was
before the courts. May 26 and Oct. 18, 1659. He was discharged
Family One. 389
from guardianship and Symon Bradstreet and Daniel were
appointed in his place, Nov. 12, 1659.
Under the same date, Nov. 12, 1659, the Mass. Gen. Court, in
consideration of Capt. Robert Keayne's liberal gifts to the country,
granted to his widow and grandchild 500 acres of land apiece.
The grant to Mrs. Anna Lane was laid out Oct. 16, 1660, and in-
corporated in the town of Amherst, N. H., Jan. iS, 1760.
** Laide out to Mrs. Anna Lane five hundred acres of land more or lesse in
the wildernesse on the west of merrimacke River and about seven miles by
estimation from merrimake at a place called by the Indians Quoquina-pass-
kessanahnoy which is upon sowheaganocke River lying two hundred &
eighty pole in length upon the River, about two hundred acres lyeth on the
north side and three hundred acres on the south side, being bounded w^h
land laid out for Mr. Davis and Capt. Isacke Johnson on the east, wilderness
land elsewhere surrounding the same, as by a plott taken of the same is more
fully demonstrated by Jonathan Danforth, surveyor.
The Court doth Approve allow & Confirme this Returne."
— J/ass. Records, Vol. IV, Pt. I, pp. jdg, ^gi, 44^.
— A^. H. State Papers, Vol. XXIV, pp. 10, 11.
Letter. "To the Worshipfull Jno Winthrop, Esq., Governor, present at
Hartford:
Mrs. Lane intreateth your worshipp to send her some advice & medicine for
the cure of her joynts which are suposed to be a wind gout, with which she is
much pained at times. She desires to present her servis to you & Mrs.
Winthropp.
John Tinker from New London, 4th 2 mo: 1660, to John Winthrop, Jr.,
Governor at Hartford."
Edward Lane was credited to the estate of Robert Battle, Nov.
13, 1660. With Ann his wife he sold for ^200, Dec. 7, 1663, and
Feb. 13, 1663-4, an estate of 40 acres in Maiden to Richard Dexter,
the earliest American ancestor of that family. The courts reach a
settlement in the case between Edward Lane and Mrs. Keayne,
Oct. 10, 21, 1669.
Meanwhile iSlr. Lane had died. He had occupied a high social
position, was a man of wealth and business capacity and a strict
Puritan. He was sorely tried and subject to many harsh imputa-
tions against his character in settling the large estate of Capt.
Robert Keayne, but he was finally sustained and his conduct
thoroughly vindicated.
390 Edward Lane of Boston, Mass.
*' A Inventory of ye Estate of Mr. Edward Lane, Deceased, viz. :
Imprimis: Seven hundred pounds in ye hands of L" Richard Cooke & Mr.
Tno Wiswall wch is in consideration of his whole estate purchased by them, as
appears pr a Deede of Sale passed ye 14 Decbr, 1663, & is ;i^7oo 00 00
Item: three hundred pounds more to be payd by ye Sds Mr. Wiswall & L'
Cooke in case M^. Lane should see Cause to Disprove of soe much in Gifts to
his friends or to pay his debts if need require 300 00 00
Item: his wearing apparell prized by Lt. Josh Fisher &
Jno Moss at 561
Tol, ^1005 6 I
Debts owing by ye deceased, viz. :
To Simon Bradstreet, Esq., . . .
To Anthony .... a Legacy given him pf Capt. Rob* Keayne . . .
to Jno Wilson a Legacy for ye Ministers Meetings. . , .
to Jno Harrison, . . .
to Job Lane, . . .
to Sergt Waite, . . .
to Mr. Jno Gedney, . . .
to Funeral Charges and Physitian, . . .
;^492 18 3
Presented in Court 2d May 1667."
The children of Edward and Anna (Keayne) Lane, were :
I. Anna^, "borne 5th of October, 1660, . . . deceased 27 June,
1661."
XL Edward, Jr.~, ''borne 20 FeV. 1661-2." — Boston Record.
Mrs. Anna (Keayne) Lane survived her husband many years and
m. second, Col. NICHOLAS PAIGE.
Nicholas Paige came from Plymouth, England, to Boston as early as 1665.
He was appointed captain of a troop in the expedition against Mt. Hope,
June 27, 1675, was of the Artillery Company in 1693, and later its com-
mander and colonel of the 2d Suffolk regiment of Foot.
"At a county court for Suffolk held at Boston, 29 Janur Ao 1683: The
Executors within nominated of the last will of Capt. Robert Keayne, some-
time of Boston deed, hereto annexed, being both dead, power of Admen of ye
Estate of sd Capt" Keayne is granted unto Mr. Nicholas Paige and Anna his
wife, granddaughter of sd Robert Keayne, to pursue the performance of his
will in what remains to be done herein. They to give bond of one thousand
pounds to execute the same, their own bond being accepted by ye Court is
accordingly taken.
Attest, Jas Addington, Clrk."
— Suffolk Co, Prob. Records.
Family Two. 391
The joint will of Nicholas and Anna (Keayne) Lane-Paige was
signed in 1703. Gov. Joseph Dudley heard of the death of his
niece while sitting at the Council Board, June 30, 1704. ''As the
governour sat at the council table 'twas told him Madam Paige was
dead. He drop^ his hands & quickly went out and returned not
to the chamber again, but ordered Mr. Secretary to prorogue the
courts till the 16'^ of August, which Mr. Secretary did by going
into the House of Deputies." — Diary of Samuel Sewali.
We read this sad record concerning Anna (Keayne) Lane-Paige.
"She poorly repaid the care and attention that had been given for
her education and happiness, exhibiting in her character and con-
duct the traits of her mother."
Col. Paige d. at Rumney Marsh, now Chelsea^ Mass., and was
buried from Capt. Oliver's, 29, 6, 171 7. He had no child.
2.
EDWARD LANE2 (Edwardi). The son of Edward Lane^,
after his mother's second marriage, probably changed his name to
Edward Paige. This accounts for the form of the inscription in
the Scottish chapel at Leyden, Holland, undoubtedly commemora-
tive of him.
"Here lieth buried Edward Paige,
only son of Nicholas and Anna Paige,
born at Boston in New England,
Feb. 20, 1622, died in Leyden, Nov. i,
1680. N. S."
The date of birth should read 1662.
ANNALS.
1542, seq. Wills, abstracts and epitomes, . xx, xxii, xxiv, xxvi,
2, 3> 5j i9j 27, 43, 47, 52, .65, 74, 91, 107,
125, 173, 186, 209, 255, 265, 388
15 — ? A house of the sixteenth century, . . i
1584. Term "Yeoman" defined, . . . xxviii
1608, seq. Casco Bay entered, . . . .172
1620. "Mayflower" pilgrims, . 29, 105, 239, 270, 334, 348
1631, seq. " Freemen," . 10, 26, 30, 56, 58, 69, 173, 387
1633. Map of Annisquam river and harbor, . . 192
1635. Thomas Lane warned by selectmen of Dorchester
to remove to Watertown, ... 5
1635, seq. Preachers and Ministers, . 24, 59, 83, 84, 91,
121, 136, 145, 162, 168, 251, 252, 253, 321,
324, 334, 339, 341, 343, 34^, 37°, 37^
1636. Casco Bay settled, . . . .172
1637, seq. Winthrop-Lane farm, Billerica and Bedford,
Mass., . 13, 14, 15, 17, 22, 25, 27, 30, 35, 39,
40, 45» 47, 49, 54, 5^, 70, 102, 157, 170
MiUtia, . 30, 34, 37, 38, 40, 45, 62, 63, 68,
69, 81, 90, 94, 106, 173, 336, 365, 388, 390
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company,
388, 390
1638. "Two Brothers" rocks, . . . 13, 14, 20
1638, seq. Bequests and gifts towards the foundation of
Harvard College, . . . .18
1640. Cotymore corn mill. Maiden, . . 16, 19, 25
1642. Organization of the church at Gloucester, . 184
1644. Sekonk Combination, .... 8
1645, seq. Deacons, . 26, 41, 56, 61, 69, ZZ, 250, 270,
279» 320, 335
Annals. 393
1646, seq. Deputies or Representatives in the General
Court, . 17, 30, 36, 102, 142, 292, 298, 307,
311, 316, 335, 343, 346, 388
1649. Cromwell's soldier, . . . .205
A part of Charlestown incorporated as Maiden,
i\lass., •••••. o
165 1, seq. Slaves, . 9, 16, 17, 46, 49, 50, 186, 194
1653. Provision by will for the education of a grand-
daughter, . . . . .388
1654. Maiden first meeting house, . . 10, 11, 12
1654. seq. Correspondence with English relatives and
agents, . . . . 9, 10, 19, 24
1655. Shawshine incorporated as Billerica, Mass., . 12
1656. Squam Point, Gloucester, settled, . . .196
1658. Contract for the erection of meeting house in
]Malden, . . . . .10
1658, 1668. Petition of settlers in Maine to be taken
under Massachusetts government, .
173. 174, 179
1659, Bridge over Concord river, . . .12
1660, seq. Seals and coat of arms, . 16, 19, 90, 123, 172
1 66 1, Legacy of '' herriott " and "Spray ffagotts," 2, 3, 4
1662, Petition of Maiden settlers for grant of Penna-
cook, . . . . . .12
1 66 2-1 8 1 6. Estates in Yorkshire, England, and income
from same, ....
17, 18, 20, 23, 35, 41, 42, 43, 47, 50
1664. Stray pig occasions separation of Massachusetts
legislature into two houses, . . . .388
1666. Apprentices of Job Lane, . . . 16, 18, 22
1667. Fine for traveling on the Sabbath, . . -173
1667, 1806. Inventories of estates, . 22, 23, 35, 175,
176, 177, 184, 186, 200, 201, 202, 204, 205, 210,
224, 234, 246, 268, 293, 390
1668. Great bridge over Billerica river, . . . 16, 17
1675. Houses garrisoned, , . . . 17, 60
394 Lane Genealogies.
1675, seq. Indian wars, King Philip's war,
17, 60, 174, 175, 178, 179
1677. Nonconformity act in England, . . .10
Oath of fidelity, . . . . .18
Duties of a tithingman, . . . . 17, 18
1678. Have the heathen been subdued? ... 9
1678-1734. Legal depositions, . 177, 175, 178, 182, 183, 184
1679. " Gospel promulgated " in England, . . 10
1680. North Yarmouth, Maine, set apart, . . 172
1680-1849. Epitaphs, . 20, 24, 26, 29, 38, 47, 50, 55, 61,
64, 65, 70, 88, 92, 93, 103, 203, 208,
209, 238, 239, 244, 258, 294, 325, 391
1682. Bell Rock, Maiden, . . . .12
1685. Colonial banner, ..... 37, 38
1685. Garrison built, Royall's river. North Yarmouth, Me., 188
1686, seq. Indian wars. King William's war, . 30, 31, 178,
179, 180, 188, 189, 190
1690. Estates bounded, . . . . .174
Eastern plantations deserted, settlement at Flat-
stone Cove, Lanesville, Gloucester, . 179, 195
1694. Seating the meeting house, . . .30
1702. Heroism of Mary Lane, • . . . 39, 40
1702, seq. Indian and French wars. Queen Anne's war,
27, 32, 33» 34, 37, 39. 40, 45» 60, 191
1702, seq. Teachers, . . 25, 36, 78, 83, 87, 105, 115,
120, 121, 130, 137, 144, 152, 164, 192,
207, 210, 217, 232, 240, 251, 252, 273,
313. 334, 335. 338, 341, 342, 348, 359»
366, 368
1705. Commoners created by order of the General Court, 30
1706, seq. Students and graduates, 29, 36, 70, 73, 82,84, 87, 91,
loi, 118, 121, 122, 126, 134, 143, 144,
145, 146, 159, 162, 164, 165, 168, 240,
251, 252, 253, 261, 262, 273, 279, 313,
316, 334, 337, ZZ^, 339. 34i, 347, 3^6,
378,379
1 7 13. Fishermen captured or killed by Indians, . .185
Annals.
395
1715, seq. Administration and division of estates, 34, 35, 41,
49j 53j 64, 66, 69, 180, 182, 184, 186,
187, 191, 193, 194, 200, 201, 204, 205,
209, 210, 215, 219, 224, 229, 231, 239,
249, 260, 261, 263, 293, 295, 333, 365
Common law of inheritance, . . 35, 43, 47
Bibles imported, . . . . .42
Thomas Finson killed by Indians, . . .187
Third Parish, Annisquam, Gloucester, incorporated,
196, 199
Church organized at Annisquam parish, Gloucester,
Mass., ..... 190, 193,315
Care of the Town Training Field, . . .27
Gifts " of money to incouragement for the town" of
Bedford, .... 37, 39, 191
Subscriptions for building the meeting house in
Bedford, .... 38, 40, 46, 51
1718.
1 721.
1724.
1726.
1728.
1729.
1730.
173-
1736.
Bedford Springs, Pawtucket Indians' visits.
New Gloucester, Maine, settled,
1743-1750. Throat distemper,
1749. Family of John Fitch captured by Indians,
1 749-1 75 1. Indian wars, French and Indian wars,
28, 34, 38, 39, 51, 56, I
John Langsford killed by Indians, .
Fifth, or Sandy Bay, Parish, Gloucester, incorpo-
rated, .
A negro grantee of real estate.
Bond given for negro freed.
Introduction of glass windows, .
'' A jolly ordination,"
Journey from Ashburnham, Mass. (Dorchester
Canada), to Boston, on horseback.
Settlement at Vinalhaven, Me.,
Claim of widow for mourning,
Imaginary Indians,
Subscriptions to build meeting house. New Glou-
cester, Me., . . . '2 14, 226, 260
1754.
1759-
1764.
1765-
1770.
76
213
44
28
79, 214
196
198
63-4
49
74
214
74
276
200
221
396 Lane Genealogies.
1772. Burning of the British armed schooner, ''Gaspee," 350
1773. Introduction of Dr. Watts' versions of the Psalms, 47
Journal of surveyors of Livermore township, Me., 221
i773j ^^^' Singers, .... 47, 91, 270
1774— 1879. Lost at sea, 204, 266, 271, 281, 297, 300, 303, 304
1775, April 19. Concord fight, . 27,28,34,38,39,47,48,
51. 52, 53» 54, 61, 62, 63, 65, 68, 77,
80, 81, 90, 93, 170
May. A " button for a hatter," . . .91
June 17. Bunker Hill, . t^Z, 205, 217, 226, 233, 235
August 8. British sloop-of-war, Falcon, . . 211
1 7 75 J ^^Q' Soldiers of the Revolution, . 38, 39, 47, 54, 57,
71, 73, 81, 161, 203, 211, 218, 226, 227,
239, 242, 286
Sailors of the Revolution,
197, 214, 227, 232, 235, 350
Pastor's tithes, . . 48, 55, 62, 80, 91
1775. 1895. Lane characteristics, . . 99, 289.
1776. Cannon ball imbedded in wall of Brattle Street
Church, Boston, . . . .48
1777. Lodge of Free Masons, . . . '233
1780. A fine workman in wood and iron, . . 227
1780-1800. Flax spinning at home, . . . 79,96
178-? seq. Sea captains, . . 235, 239, 248, 266, 281,
287, 288, 291, 303, 310, 311, 312, 317, 318
1786. Shay's rebellion, ..... 39, 94
1790. Yellow pork offered for sale, . . .70
1790, seq. Physicians, . 70, 73, 82, 126, 240, 279, 368, 378
179-, ^^•<7. Ship-owners, . . 233,293,303,310,312
1791. Sunday School opened in Boston, . . . 87,88
1793. First Universalist Church in Boston, . . 88
1794. Sunday congregation dined at the deacon's, . 270
1802. Hip disease, . . . . .125
1805. Unskilful medical treatment, . . . 333
1807. Kennebec River crossed on a log, . . .112
1 8 10. Legacy of silver flagon and a fund to the church in
Bedford, . . ♦ , ,38
AXNALS.
397
1811.
1812.
1813.
1814.
1817.
1819.
1820.
Church at Annisquam reorganized in the Universa-
list faith, ....
War with Great Britain,
Privateer " Yankee,"
Survivor of the War of 181 2,
Indians care for a white baby,
Schooner "Federahst" saved from British by a
** pretty lass," ....
First settlement near Lyons, X. Y.,
United States direct tax on land, .
Triplets, .....
Death of a singular disease,
Fine mantua maker and tailor,
312
68
352
370
112
a
•
248
112,
138
255»
260
•
240
•
244
•
78
182 1, j-^^. Obituary notices, 130, 139, 143, 167, 236, 249, 259,
270, 287, 311, 317, 318, 336, 340, 362
1823. Cattle ear mark, ....
1825. Introduction of cook stoves,
1828. Invention of corn sheller,
1829. Lane Theological Seminary,
1830. Congregational Church, Lanesville, organized,
1832. Gifts to the Trinitarian Society of Bedford,
1833. Introduction of Pitts' horse power and separator in
the South, . , .
Invention of endless chain horse power,
1834. Outfits for fishing vessels, .
Born with two good sized teeth,
1835. Invention and use of first steel plough.
Pilots of Salem harbor,
1837. Money panic, . . - .
1840. Iowa Band of Home Missionaries,
1844. System of family registration,
1845. Mexican War,
1846. Early use of nitrate of silver in local application for
diseases of the larynx, trachea, and bronchia,
1847. Dwelling burned, .....
Settler in Mauritius, ....
ThrowTi from chaise, ....
320
• 78, 79
275
261, 327
3S3
48
340
275
344, 345
79
28
D>
114
286
311
334
127
273
126
54, 78
287
126
398 Lane Genealogies.
1847, 1877. Family Bibles destroyed by fire, . 54, 78, 140
1848, seq. Children's diseases, . . 128, 157, 158, 159
1849, California " forty-niners," . . . 79> 273, 379
1850? Confidence in the seamanship of her son, . . 310
1850, seq. Lawyers, 82, Z^, 146, 152, 165, 166, 268, 367, 368
1853. Two hundredth anniversary of Lancaster, Mass., .
125, 126
1856. Experienced optician, .... 289
Gift to Bedford of Town Hall clock, . . 118
1857. " Lane family papers," . . .■ , 103
1859-1896. Town officer for many years, . . 156
1861. First coach from Glen House to top of Mt. Wash-
ington, ...... 365
Statement of Christian hope, . . .126
Liberty pole, . . . . .122
Union patriots, . . . . 126, 142
1861-1865. Civil War veterans, . . 79, 82,98,117,
120, 134, 148, 152, 156, 271, 273,
283, 286, 303, 304, 316, 321, 326,
330» 339» 366, 368, 376, 378, 385
1862. Benevolent bequests in Lancaster, . . 95
1863. Across the plains with ox and mule teams, 340, 373
1863-1893. Provisions for care of burial lots, .
104, 107, 125, 156
1864. Congregational Society, Lanesville, incorporated, . 353
Yacht building works, . . . 35i>352
Town clerk for a quarter century, . . .306
1865. Celebrated marine painter, . . . 333
Payment of largest tax ever assessed in Vinalhaven,
Me., ...... 345
1866. Destruction of papers in Portland fire, . . 324
1 866-1 878. A pubhc spirited railroad president, . 85, 86
1867-1899. European tours, . 128, 144, 145, 158, 160, 168
1869. Poverty a good thing, . . . .326
1876. Organization of Universalist Parish at Lanesville, . 358
Accounts in fiction, . . . .328
1879. Sesquicentennial, Bedford, Mass., 90, 103, 115, 118, 155
Annals.
399
1880. Golden wedding, .
1880, seq. Writers of books and pamphlets,
142,
1881.
1882.
1883.
1886.
1889.
1 89-.
1891.
1892.
1894.
1897.
1900.
Champion wrestler at four-score, .
Gift of a church organ to the Evangelical Society
in Lancaster, Mass.,
Birthday surprise party.
Smart old couple, .
History of Templeton, Mass.,
Prize baby.
Sixtieth wedding anniversary,
A musical family, .
Celebration of 90th birthday.
Gift of clock for the Union school house in Bed
ford, ....
Repair of the old meeting house in Annisquam,
Third set of natural teeth, .
Missionary in Japan,
Chrysanthemum and orchid grower.
Disappearance of a Mt. Holyoke student,
Seventy-fifth anniversary of Union Church, Boston,
A family of yacht building geniuses.
144,
300
64, 168
365
128
314
291
137
150
139
165
76
155
315
76
131
140
162
142
351
INDEX I.
Christian Names of Persons Named Lane.
PART I, AND PREFIXED POSTSCRIPT.
Ann
6
John
5, 6, 9
Annes
XX, xxi
John^
6
Dorothy
xxii, xxiii
John*
6
Edward
xxiii, xxiv, xxvi, i, 2
Joseph
6
Elizabeth
xxiii
Josiah
6
Elyne
XX, xxi, xxiii
Katherine
2
Frances
XXV, xxvi
Margaret
XX, xxi
George^*
xxi, xxii, xxiii, xxiv, xxv
Martha'
4, 6
George^*
xxvi, 5
Martha*
6
George^
5
Mary'
3» 4' 6
Henry
xxiii, xxiv, xxv, 2
Mary^
5
Isabell
xxiv, xxvi
Mary^
6
JahasieP
3» 4. .6
Rebeckah^
.5
James'*
xxii, xxiii, xxiv, xxvi.
Richard'*
xxi.
xxii, xxiii
I, 2, 3, 4, 5
Richard
.5
James
xxvi
Robert
XX,
xxi, xxiii
James*
6
Sarah
xxv, xxvi
James*
6
Sarah*
6
Jerome or
Jeremiah xxiv, xxv, xxvi
Sarah^
6
2, 3' 5^6
Symon
xxiv, xxv, xxvi, xxvii,
Joan'*
xxii, xxiii
3>.S
Joan
xxv, xxvi
Thomas^*
XX, xxi.
xxii, xxiii
lob
xxiii, xxvi
Thomas'*
xxiv, xxv
John'*
xxi, xxii, xxiii
Thomas
xxv, xxvi, 3, 4, 5
John'*
xxiv, xxv, xxvi, i, 2, 3, 4
* The index figures or names included in the preliminary pages indicate the generation
counting back from the settlement in America,
Abbie Almira
Abbott Atwood
Abbott Benjamin
Abiah
Abigail
Abigail Amanda
Abigail French
Abigail Jones
Abigail Rel)ecca
PART II.
129
Abigail Sylvania
130
144
Abner
71
138
Abner Bridge
103, 132
84
Abraham Lowe
107
73
Ada Estelle
109
107
Adelia
68
92
Adeliza Woodward
131
lOI
Albert
134
123
Albert F.
148
Index I.
401
Albert Francis
135
Catherine Amelia
123
Albert Irving
132
Catherine W.
103
Albert W.
147
Chandler Bridge
132
Albert Waterbury
147
Charles
80, 118
Alfred Church
144
Charles B.
113
Alfred Page
144
Charles Bancroft'
118
Alexander Page
no
Charles Bancroft^
146
Alice Beatrice
134
Charles UeWitt'
117. 148
Alice Walton
156
Charles Ernest
141
Allen Francis
108, 134
Charles Gardner"
117. 147
Almira
98
Charles Gardner^
148
Almy Ann
114
Charles H.'
104
Alonzo
67
Charles H.'
137
Amasa
70, 71. 103
Charles Nelson Currier
148
Amelia
91
Charles Randolph
132
Amittai
53> 63
Charles Stillman
106
Amittai Bacon
93
Charles Sumner^
163
Amos
105
Charles Sumner^
163
Amos Foster
108, 135
Charles W.
109, no
Andrew H,
102
Charlotte
122, 154
Anna-
25
Charlotte Taylor
125, 128, 160
Anna"*
45
Clair DeWitt
149
Anna^
57
Clara
132
Anna^
75. 92
Clara E.
151
Anna Mary
III
Clara Emeline
I II
Anne Maria
122, 153
Clarissa
83
Annie Estella
148
Clementine
122, 153
Anthony 94,
95. 124, 127
Cora M.
III
Arinda
78, 79
Cornelius
84
Arline Grace
149
Cynthia Pickering
130
Arthur Angleton
134
Cyrus W.
138
Arthur Bliss
160
Arthur Clarence
III
Daniel
254
Arthur Francis
137
DanieP
66
Arthur W.
157
DanieP
92, 99, 100
Augusta Benjamin
144
Daniel Josiah
loi, 132
Augustus
140
Daniel Walker''
III, 137
Augustus Frederick
89
Daniel Walker^
109
Augustus Joy
no
David
34. 43. 80
David^
51
Benjamin"'
43. 44
David^ 53. 63,
David^
64, 65, 93, 157
93. 124
Benjamin^ 54, 55, 59, 72
, 73. 74. 109
David^
133
133
Benjamin^
"1~* • ■ Q
74. 75. Ill
David A,
Benjamin'
117
David Carl
163
Benjamin Clarke
Bethia
144
53
David Hyslop
David Woodward
no
loo, 130
Betsey
97
Delia M.
137
Bruce
152
DeWitt
148
Dolly
74. 75
Carey
■ 125
Dolly Ballard
95
Caroline A.
104
Dorcas
63
Caroline E.
124
Dorothy
25
Carrie May
147
Dorothy M.
169
Catherine
59. 61
Dudley
67
402
Lane Genealogies.
Ebenezer^
66, 98
, 99, 130
Ernest P.
157
Ebenezer^
80, 100
Esther
56
Ebenezer'
130
Ebenezer Hay ward
119, 149
Fannie
53
Edith Corinne
165
Fannie Boardman
165
Edith F.
148
Fanny G.
113
Edith L.
156
Flora Isabella
129
Edith Laura
134
Florence
134
Edward
9
Florence Brown
160
Edward Alaric
163
Frances B.
"3
Edward Bancroft
130
Frances Ellen
114
Edwin Dexter
136
Frances G.
140
Edwin Philander
ic6
Frances Maria
117
Eleanor Jane
109
Francis^ 71, 7^
2, 73, 74, 11^
80,
Electa Frances Wild
er
no
90, 105,
106
Eli
105
Francis^ 54, 55,
73, 90, 106,
108
Eliab B.
80
Francis Bowman
77,
"3
Eliab Bridge
69, 70
, 71, 102
Francis W.
134
Elias 72,
lli^ 105,
106, 108
Frank Adams
156
Elias Coolidge
106, 133
Frank Church
148
Eliot
105
Frank Ernest
118
Eliot Reed
71
Franklin S.
104
Eliza Abbie
163
Freddie Russell
147
Eliza Ann
103, 119
Frederic A.
163
Eliza Bradlee
100
Frederick Douglass
136,
164
Eliza M.
134
Frederick Henry
144,
163
Eliza Maria
107
Frederick Warren
130
Eliza Wait
128,
157, 160
Freeman
84
Elizabeth^
25, 29
Elizabeth'*
28
Galen
103
Elizabeth^
57, 63
Genery M.
137
Elizabeth^
95
George^
80, 97, 117,
128
Elizabeth Abbott
160
George'
105, III,
133
Elizabeth E.
140
George^
169
Elizabeth Nickerson
117
George E.'
104
Ella M.
136
George E.^
163
Ella Starr
132
George Edward
119
Ellen Watson
117
George Etheridge
106,
107
Elmer A.
156
George F.
135
Elmina
122
George Leslie
129
Elmira J.
135
George S. W.
no
Elsie D.
169
George Shipman
165
Eraeline
67,
105, III
George V.
no
Emeline Ruhamah
116
George W,
151,
155
Emma'
105,
114, 121
George Washington*"
83.
120
Emma^
117
George Washington'
129
Emma Florence
163
George William
III
Emma L.
134
George Winchester
132,
163
Emma Lillian
141, 165
Gershona
83
Emma Maud
147
Gershom Flagg*
62,
81
Emma May
152
Gershom Flagg'
122
Emmeline Belinda
131
Gertrude E.
m
Enoch
92
Gertrude Evangeline
149
Ephraim
66, 96
Gertrude ^L
169
Ernest John
141
Gilbert Bainbridge
106
Index I.
403
Gilbert Frederick
164
Tames Alfred
130
Gladys B.
147
James Bowdoin
89
Goldie B.
169
James Warren^
160
Grace A.
152
James Warren^
160
Gracy Foster
70
Jemima-
Jemima^
25
36
Hannah'
44, 48
lemima'
119
Hannah' 53, 56,
62,
63.
66, 78
Jennie
140
Hannah^ 67,
77.
78,
83, 90
Jennie H.
121
Hannah'
iig
, 120, 122
Jesse
71
Hannah A.
102
Jesse B.
169
Hannah Cunningham
99
Jesse D.
149
Harold Albertus
163
Jesse Lamont
152
Harold Francis
134
Jessie Barker
165
Harriet
90
Jessie Gertrude
134
Harriet B.
140
Jessie M.
169
Harriet Felicia
118
Job' 8, 9, 10,
II,
12, 14, 15, 16,
Harry
117
17, 18, 19, 22,
23,
24, 25, 27, 28,
Hattie P.
137
29, 34, 157
Helen E.
169
Job^* 23, 33, 34
35,
36,40,41,42,
Helen Penhallow
1 48
43
44, 45, 68, $7
Henry'
§4, 129
Job*
39, 44, 51, 52
Henry^
149
Job^
53,80
Henry Anthony
160
Job«
93, 102
Henry Edwards
116
Job Blanchard
124, 157
Henry Francis
124
John
9, 12
Henry Hudson
132
John- 18, 20,
22,
23, 25, 27, 29,
Henry Martin
138
30, 31, 32, 33
,34
, 35, 36, 37, 39
Henry Paul
147
John3 33, 34,
35,
36, 41, 42, 45,
Henry Putnam
147
46, 54, 59
Henry Richardson
134
John Jr.*
34, 41
Henry T.
134
John 2d'*
43, 54, 141
Henrv W.^
155
John 3d'* 41
, 43
47, 48, 61, 62
Henry \V.»
163
John'
43, 55, 68
Henry Watson
132
John^ 71,
73.
77, 82, 90, 119
Hepsibah C.
1
108
fohn'
113, 115, 140
Hepzibah
62
John»
140
Herbert Billings
170
John Abraham
119
Herbert L.
137
John Chapin
144
, 165, 166, 167
Hiram H.'
120, 149
John Coolidge
72
Hiram H.^
169
John F.
135
Homer
169
John Franklin
170
Horace Agard
122
John Harold
165
Hosea Foster
108, I
09, 137
John Henry
131, 163
John Jones'"
lOI
Ida Clara
132
John Jones^
163
Isaac
43
64, 65
John ^Iurray
88, 90
Isabel
72, 75
John Roger
John S. W.
104
no
Jacob
120
John Samuel''
80, 118
James^ 35, 36
41)
43
, 49, 50
John Samuel'
117, 147
James*
34,
50
, 63, 64
John Scudder
147
James^
58,
04
, 65, 87
John Wellington^
156, 169
James ^
77
, 93' 95
John Wellington^
170
James A.
134
Joel E.
136
404
Lane Genealogies.
Jonas
Jonas Henry^
Jonas Henry^
Jonas P.
Jonathan^
Jonathan^
Jonathan^
Jonathan Abbot
66, 94, 130
94, 95' 125
97, 128, 158, 159, 160
113
50
56, 63, 78, 80
38, 78, 115, 146
116, 141, 142, 143'
144, 155, 165
Joseph
Joseph Abbot
Joseph Hayden
Josiah^
Josiah^ 74, "^^^ 78, 79, 92, 109,
Josiah Abbot
Josiah Stearns
Julia Ann Gushing
Julia Rebecca
Julius Arthur
Justin E.
Katherine
Katherine Wyman
Laura A.
Laura Ann
Laura J.
Laura Mabel
Laura May
Laura Pauline
Lauriat
Lavinia
Lavinia Frances
Leland
Lemuel B.
Lena Isabel
Lena Marion
Leonard
Leonard Alexander
Levi^
Levi''
Levi E.
Lewis^
Lewis'
Lizzie J.
Lois Elizabeth
Loren
Lorenzo
Lorenzo Duryea
Loretta
Louis
Love
Lovina
Lucie Ann
Lucinda®
36
148
no
55
no
116
92
no
129
164
134
48
148
134
123
140
III
147
134
144
105
131
84
104
134
III
109
107
89, 90
112, 113
140
98
129
132
104
"3
"3
147
138
132
50
"3
130
75
Lucinda'^
Lucius Page
Lucy"*
Lucy^
Lucy^
Lucy M.
Lucy Matilda
Lucy Miranda
Lucy Rebecca
Luke^
Luke^
Luke^
Luther
Lydia^-
Lydia^
Lydia'^
Lydia Ann
Lydia Harriet
M. Athalia
Mabel Augusta
Mabel B.
Mabel Frances
Malvina Caroline
Marcus Aurelius
Margaret Payson
Maria
Maria S.
Marian E.
Marilla Jane
Marion Haven
Marion Rogers
Martha^
Martha**
Martha^
Martha^
Martha'
Martha^
Martha**
Martha Ellen
Martha S.
Martin B.
Mary2
Mary^
Mary"*
Mary^
Mary'
Mary^
Mary9
Mary A.'
Mary A.^
Mary Amelia
Mary Ann^
Mary Ann'
Mary Baker
44'
120
I, 142, 145
44
57
73
115
107
117
lOI
52
53' 67
67
113
48, 52, 57
82
113
122
81
156
138
169
160
I2Q
107
165
120
124
148
107
148
165
36
40, 44, 50
62
83
114
139
140
128
lOI
III, 138
25, 28, 29
36, 39' 44
57' 58, 74
97' 99
119
139
169
11
150
119
100
124
148
95'
III,
Index I.
405
Mary E.'
Mary E.^
Mary Elizabeth
Mary Ella 102,
Mary Evaline
Mary Eveline
Mary Frances
Harry H.
Mary Hawks Kendall Ballard
Mary Jane
Mary Jane Woodward
Mary Jones
Mary Louisa
Mary Maria
Mary Pickering
Mary Priscilla
Mary Susan
Mary Wellington*
Mary Wellington'^ 130,
Mary Whiting
Matthew*
Matthew^
Maynor Wilfred
Melinda
Mercy
Merton Burgess
Milton 109,
Minerva^
Minerva^
Minerva L.
Minnie
Mollie'
Mollie«
Molly
Morris Littell
Mortimer Bliss
Myra
Myrtis E.
Nancy'
Nancy^
Nancy Angeline
Nancy Augusta
Nancy P.
Nancy W.
Naomi L.
Nathan
Nellie May
Newton
Olive
Olive M.
Oliver
Oliver Abbott
Oliver J.
114
135
102
155
151
120
115
133
96
129
no
107
104
104
148
103
136
89
160
123
48
62
133
76
50
164
136
150
168
138'
140 I
93
95!
53
84
160
80
136
"3
149
131
107
114
1 10
148
57
163;
120 '
120
102 j
43
119
49 1
Oliver Josiah
Oliver Wellington'
Oliver Wellington*
Olmstead
Oman F.
Onslow Stearns
Orrie Adams
Otis
Pattie
Patty
Pauline
Percy Howland
Phebe'
Phebe*
Polly
Ralph
Rebecca'^
Rebecca*
Rebecca'
Rebecca*
Rebecca Clarissa
Rebekah
Reuben A.
Reuben Bacon
Rhoda"*
Rhoda'
Richard'
Richard*
Richard Byron Clarke
Richard D.
Richard Hooper
Robert B.
Rodney D.
Roger
Rollins
Rosa Belle
Rose Helen*
Rose Helen^
Rosetta
Roxanna
Ruhamah*
Ruhamah'
Ruhamah Augusta
Ruth
Ruth Cleaveland
123, 155, 156
64, 65, 86, 87,
88, 89
91, 92, 122
152
135
170
138
121
57, 67
83
152
133
63, 64, 93
q8
63,84
169
26
50
66, 94
97
109
25
104
67
57
119
84, 120, 150
149, 168
117
169
160
139, 140
140
70, 71, 80, 104
79
155
141
165
122
75
70
116
116, 145
55, 66
149
S. Lauretta
Sadie
Sally
Samuel*
Samuel'
SamueF
121
140
76,85,91,92
34, 48, 50, 51, 62, 65, 66
67, 100
109, 130, 136
406
Lane Genealogies.
Samuel A.
135
Susan Newman
89
Samuel Adams
117
Susan W.
109
Samuel Edward
136
Susanna^
36, 37, 40
Samuel Freeman
121, 152
Susanna-*
48, 51
Samuel H.
148
Susanna*
52
Samuel Leavitt
124, 156
Susanna"
93
Samuel Marble
170
Sylvania
61, 93
Samuel Richardson
lOI
Sylvia Mary Lois
164
Samuel Wright
78, 116, 144
Sarah^
25. 27
Thomas
84, 121
Sarah^
45
Thomas Barstow
150, 169
Sarah*
52, 56
Thomas Parker
89
Sarah"
73' 79
Thomas Parkman Cush
ng I ro
Sarah^
III, 120
Timothy 34,
41, 43, 44, 57
Sarah Abigail
HI
Sarah Adeline
130, 162
Walter A.
135
Sarah Ann"
96
Walter David
157
Sarah Ann'
104, 106, 116
Walter Freeman
152
Sarah E.
lOI
Washington Jefferson
89, 100, 129
Sarah Elizabeth
91, 123, 129
Welling
140
Sarah Elizabeth Dexter
118
Whipple
44
Sarah Maud Lillian
136
William'
102, 120
Sarah N.
135
W^illiam^
117
Seth
67
William A.
163
Sewell Stearns
III
William Augustus
123, 155
Solomon 34, 43,
50, 64, 65, 80,
William Baxter
117
90, 91, 170
William Edward
117
Sophia
82, 83, 98
William Josiah
170
Sophronia
105
William M.
15s
Sophi'onia Asenath
III
William Malcom
147
Stephen*
34, 51
William W.
135
Stephen*
57, 71, 72, So
Willie
140
Stephen Abbot
117, 146
Willie Frank
138
Stillman
120
Willis George
133
Susan"
76, 97
Susan'
105
Ziba* 34, 55,
68, 72, 74, 77
Susan Clark
129
Ziba"
77, 109, 112
Susan Grace
103
PAR'
r III.
Aaron*
209
Abigail D.
279
Aaron"
260
Abigail Gott
265
Aaron'
299
Abigail R.
335
Abel
217
Abigail Wellman
277
Abbie
326
Abner
217, 259
Abbie Anna
349
Abraham
326
Abby
304
Abram 0.
30s
Abby W.
304
Ada
308
Abigail-*
200
Ada Adelaide
374
Abigail* 206,
210, 222, 225
Ada Annah
360
Abigail"
230, 268, 285
Ada M.9
384
Abigail'
280, 295, 301
Ada Mildred^''
381
Abigail C.
279
Adaline"
241
Adaline^
Addie
Addie B.
Addison
Adelaide
Adelbert
Adelia'
Adelia^
Adeline
Adoniram Judson
Aerial Deblance
Agnes Haskell
Agnes M.
Albert^
Albert'
Albert^
Albert F.»»
Albert Foster^
Albert Harley
Albert L.
Albert M.
Albert S.
Albert W.''
Albert Winch^
Alberta^
Alberta B.
Alberta H.
Alden
Alexander^
Alexander^
Alfred
Alice^
Alice Ella^
Alice Gurney^
Alice Warner"^
Allice^
Allen
Allen Goss
Allen W.
Allie H.
Almira H."'
Almira M.
Alonzo'^
Alonzo M.®
Alonzo S.^
Alpheus
Alphonso
Alvan
Alvin A,
Alvin B.
Algina Maria
Amanda^
Amanda'
Amanda^
Amelia Beach
Index I.
407
281, 295
America
291
257
Ammi^
206, 209
211
366
Ammi^
246
279
Ammi Franklin
291
281
Ammi Ruhamah
237.
290
377
Amy
196
323
Amy Whitmore
309
359
Andrew* 223,
224, 241, 261,
264
301
Andrew^
224,
241
374
Andrew'
261, 264,
330
350. 379
Andrew H.
330
372
Andrew J.
330
372
Andrew Jackson
292
309
Ann
197
323
Ann Maria
319
377
Ann Eliza
316
347
Anna'
213
226
347
Anna'
242, 264
266
360
Anna'
303
358
Anna E.
,
303
278
Anna Eliza
356
370
Anna Maria
213
222
309
Anne E.
296
368
Annie Ella
319
305
Annie I.^
346
361
Annie M.
384
309
Annie Phippin
363
269
Annie Sawyer
319
249
Anstiss P.
230
385
Ara E.
360
266
Arianna
321
366
Arthur'
312
319
Arthur^
363
376
Arthur L.
382
383
Arthur W.^
297
374
Arthur W.^"
369
305. 325
Asa Hanson
323
265
Asa King
367
265
Asa Lyman
348
377
Asenath'
268
343
Asenath'
324
354
Augusta
304
67, 272
Augusta R.
349
278
Auguste
363
347
Augustus'
297,
360
338, 339
Augustus^
366
297
Augustus^
361
342
Augustus Henry
368
379
Augustus K.
369
365
Austin
383
354
Ava Bertha
348
253
Avis
269
302
326
Barbour
324
301
Beatrice Maria
374
408
Lane Genealogies.
Beecher True
379
Belladona
376
Belle Olive
381
Benjamin^
197
Benjamin''
197, 213
Benjamin"
214
, 229
254, 276
Benjamin^
255,
257,
277, 321
Benjamin'
269,
344,
368, 375
Benjamin F.^
347
Benjamin Franklin
6
275
Benjamin Franklin
8
367
Benjamin Humphrey
349, 378
Benjamin L.
378
Benjamin S.
375
Benjamin Whidden
257
Bertha
365, 382
Bertha A.
326
Bertha Ada'
5"
Bertha Ada^
363
Bessie Frances
382
Betsey^
I
213, 223
Betsey^
230,
264, 281
Betsey'
280, 290
Betsey Gott
265
Betsey Gideons
246
Betsey Jane
348
Betsey Merchant
244
Betsie
345
Betty
215
Bion R.
291
Caleb*
196, 208
Caleb^
208,
209,
241, 242
Calvin'
217
Calvin^
341
Carl C.
374
Carl Elijah
308
Caroline
241,
244, 245
Caroline Adelaide
368
Caroline M.
350
Caroline Augusta
320
Carrie
369
Carrie Augusta
320
Carrie L.
380
Cassandra Benson
373
Celeste
329
Chandler
257
Charles^
224
Charles^
241,
253, 265
Charles'
257,
324, 346
Charles^ 257,
293,
305»
319, 369
Charles Augustus'
313
Charles Augustus"
313
Charles Babson
319
Charles C.
335
Charles E.
Charles Fletcher
Charles Francis
Charles H.^
Charles Hodgkins'
Charles Howard
Charles Irvine
Charles J.
Charles M.^
Charles M.»o
Charles O.
Charles Pierce
Charles W.^
Charles Wesley'^
Charles Woodard
Charlotte Augusta
Charlotte Sibley
Chester Allen
Chester D.
Chester Garland
Chester Leroy
Chester Linwood
Clara^
Clara'
Clara A.
Clara B.
Clara E.
Clara J.
Clara M.
Clarence Edgar
Clarence H.
Clarissa
Clarissa M.
Claudius Mortimer
Clementine
Clifford'
Clifford^
Clifford Henry
Columbia
Columbus
Comfort
Constance
Cora
Cora Bell
Cora Greenwood
Cornelius
Cynthia
Cyrus^
Cyrus'
Cyrus®
Cyrus Benson
Cyrus C.
Cyrus Edward
D. Aubrey
364,
367,
245
30O:
304)
372
372
377
275
294
382
368
305
380
372
326
"5
305
347
385
313
363
381
307
370
3^6
249
325
342
307
377
307
3Pi
321
380
^25
318
320
292
313
355
347
323
269
195
364
377
319
347
246
279
304
307
305
373
305
301
374
Index I.
409
Dana Clifford
381
Edwin
257, 346, 377
Daniel*
197.
226
Edwin Cox
319
DanieP
226,
266
Edwin G.
376
Daniel^
267
Edwin Lewis
300
DanieF
334
Edwin A.
365
Daniel G.
342,
374
Edwin R.
370
Daniel Saville
242,
303
Effie t^lorence
372
David''
197
, 206
Effie Jean
368
David^
207,
239
Eleanor
345
David« ^
273>
294
Eleanor Watson
302
David'* 295,
296, 303, 354=
356
Ella
269
David s
354
,382
Ella Elizabeth
265
David Horace"
332,
357
Ella May
342
David Horace^
358
Ella P.
384
Davis"
274
Eli
245
Davis'
274
Elias*
272
Davis E.
274
Elias'
273
Deborah^
188
Eliphalet*
214, 256
Deborah*
196,
199
Eliphalet^
324
Deborah'
344
Eliphalet'
343
Delia Sawyer"
332
Eliphalet G.
274, 342
Delia Sawyer*
358
Eliphalet Gilman
267
Deliverance*
218
Eliza«
241, 269
Donald Curtis
321
Eliza'
277, 281, 345
Dorcas*
186, 195,
198
Eliza T.'
269
Dorcas*
216
Eliza Tarr®
265
Dorcas'
232, 264,
271
Eliza Pool
360
Dorcas C.
28)
Eliza W\
Elizabeth"*
294
191, 192
Eben F.
343
Elizabeth*
197, 200
Ebenezer*
218
Elizabeth®
243' 273
Ebenezer*
222,
260
Elizabeth' 230, 297,
305' 308, 312,
Ebenezer^
326
326
Ebenezer Davis®
232
Elizabeth A.'
303
Ebenezer Davis^
379
Elizabeth A."
355
Edgar C.
380
Elizabeth A.*
383
Edgar Willie
374
Elizabeth Ann
301
Edith
358,
363
Elizabeth H.
371
Edith Charlotte
372
Elizabeth Springal
257
Edith Harper
312
Elizabeth Thankful
357
Edmond Cleaves
348
Ellen
269, 323
Edmund
199
Ellen Frances'
301
Edward
301,
371
Ellen Frances"
357' 360
Edward A.'
325
Ellen M.
353
Edward A."
361
Elmer
369
Edward Austin"
368
Elmer Ellsworth
381
Edward Browne
277
Elmer Fremont
374
Edward Everett"
355
Emeline Frances
347
Edward Everett*
383
Emery
274
Edward Forest
362
Emily®
250
Edward Francis
301
Emily'
330
Edward Henry
371
Emily A.
349
Edward Hill
298
Emma'
308
Edward Payson
330
Emma"
360
Edward W.
302
Emma F.
305
410
Lane Genealogies.
Emma J.
366
Francis M.
346
Emma Jane
385
Frank'
275
Epes^
296
Frank^
319. 369
Epes'
296, 358
Frank E.
385
Ernest'
31I' 331
Frank Ellsworth
347
Ernest^
361
Frank Linwood
386
Ernest^o
347
Frank Richardson
364
Ernest J.
299
Franklin
277, 345
Ernest R.
347
Franklin S.
372
Esther"
196
Fred
377
Esther^
213, 216, 238
Fred Walls
376
Esther^
213, 238, 259, 264
Frederic
364
Esther'
294, 306, 326
Frederic Foome
313* 363
Esther Ann
343
Frederick®
324
Esther G.
250
Frederick'
309
Esther Griffin
237
Frederick^
347, 371
Esther J.
341
Frederick Allen
372
Esther Lothrop
272
Frederick F.
380
Ethel May
364
Frederick G.
304
Eugene Gardner
381
Frederick T.
293, 300
Eugenia
299
Frederick W.
325
Eunice
267, 269
Frederick Waldo
339
Eunice J.
381
Fredona E.
375
Eunice Lamb
275
Freemont
374
Eustace
324
Eva
309
Geneva
356
Eva Florence
308
George*
265
Eva G.
309
George®
253, 262, 331
Eva Maria
375
George' 257, 258,
265, 300, 345
Evalina
257
346
Eveline
295
George Augustus
371
Everett
356
George B.'
257, 280, 372
Everett H.
332
George B.«
304
Everett Thomas^
355
George E.'
302
Everett Thomas^°
383
George E.^
317
Experience
254
George Edward
362
George Everett
332, 363
Fanny^
225
George F.
375
Fanny®
272
George H.
370
Fitz Henry'
333
George Hayward
367
Fitz Henry^
372
George Lamb
364
Fitz William
245
George ^L
378
Florence
330
George Phineas
371
Florence M.^
385
George Roswell^
346
Florence May^
319
George Roswell^
347
Forest Deblance
379
George RoswelP''
347
Frances
280, 339
George T.
380
Frances A.
341
George W\'
292, 303
Frances Ann
291
George Warren®
360
Francina
269
George Washington*
211
Francis*
206, 207, 235
George Washington®
292
Francis®
234, 235
George Washington'
296
Francis E.^
385
George Washington®
365
Francis Edward^
384
George Whitefield
331
Francis Gamaliel
316
George William
305
Index I.
Gertie
369
Henry Oscar^
Gertrude
361
Henry Phillips
Gertrude Day
313
Henry \Yallace
Gertrude E.
384
Henry White
Gideon'*
204
Henry Wilson
Gideon^
241
. 248
Hepsibah^
Gideon^
249
. 301
Hephzibah^
Gideon Oscar
311
Herbert Melvin
Giddings*
225
, 269
Herbert Randall
Giddings®
339
Herman''
Gilbert L.
356
Herman^
Gilman G.
290
Herman E.
Gorham Norwood
265
Herman L.
Grace G.
326
Herman Russell
Grace Isabel
321
Hezekiah*
Gustavus Adolphus^
317
Hezekiah^
Gustavus Adolphus'
317
Hiram
Gustavus Wilson
341
Hiram L.
Guy Smith
308
Hiram Vinal
Horace'
Hannah*
200
Horace^
Hannah'^
214,
226
Horace C.
Hannah^ 230, 234, 237,
242, 249,
269
Howard B.
Hannah^
257, 322,
345
Howard Garland
Hannah Abigail
365
Howard Prescott
Hannah Lewella
368
Humphrey
Hannah V.
323
Harold
375
Ida J.
Harold Francis
346
Ida May»
Harriet
230,
235
Ida May'"
Harriet Augusta
303
lola E.
Harriet E.
307
Irene B.
Harriet H.
275
Isaac^
Harriet Maria
276
Isaac^
Harriet T.
349
Isaac'
Harry
369
Issacher*
Harry F.
305
Issacher'
Harry G.
374
Issacher^
Harry Lewis
3«i
Issacher^
Harvey
383
Ivon
Harvey M.
384
Ivory
Hattie
275
Izette
Hattie Evelyn
332
_
Hattie Gertrude
376
J. C.8
Hattie M.
303
J. Caswell^
Helen
3I3-359.
364
Jacob'
Helen M.
360,
384
Jacob^
Helen Frances
339
Jacob Clark
Henry
178
James'
Henry Albert
132
James^
Henry C.
344
James^
Henry J.
307
James"*
Henr^: K. W.
276
James^
Henry Lyman
353.
380
James**
Henry 0.^
347
James'
197:
344:
411
248
326
382
353
299
241
187
381
364
300
383
361
300
331
216
217
360
375
376
331
319
297
318
370
382
246
361
356
383
366
259
231
279
278
228
229, 276
274. 343
374
377
330
301
205,
322,
185,
193'
205, 230,
230,
279
172
365
366
245
171
178
192
194
267
269
324
412
Lane Genealogies.
James^
359
Jonathan"
197. 215
James A.
345
Jonathan^
215, 258
James F.
376
Jonathan^
258
James H.
304
Jonathan Dennison
333
James M.^
355
Jonathan R.
279
James Monroe^
355
Joseph-'^
196, 201
James P.^
361
Joseph" 196,
201, 207, 217
James Sawyer
296
359
Joseph^ 209, 225,
229, 243, 260
Jane
243
Joseph^ 243, 247,
260, 299, 344
Jane C.
279
Joseph'
299
Jane G.
354
Joseph Floyd
354
Jane Halstead
331
Joseph Hicks'
349
Jane True
233
Joseph Hicks^
379
Jennie E.
'
386
Joseph James
379
Jennie W.
303
Joseph M.
304
Jenora A.
356
Josephine
303
Jemima
271
Joshua"
198
Jesse
274
Joshua^
215
Joanna^
204
Joshua^
334
Joanna^
268,
275
Joshua'
335
Job'-^
190
Josiah^
185
Job^
198
202
Josiah"
205
Job"
199
203
Josiah^
205, 230
Job^
222,
262
Josiah^
278
John-
178
Josiah'
279
John''
185,
194
Josiah^
348
John"
194, i95>
197
Josie
269
John^
204, 206, 214
225
Jotham Sewall
3^9
John« 230, 235,
255, 278, 293,
326,
Jude Griffin
242
335'
344
Judith"
200
John'
294, 339> 345.
356
Judith* 197, 204,
205, 207, 218,
John«
257,
373
225, 227
John Albert
309
Judith^
233. 243
John Ambrose
321
Judith'
323
John Babson^
252
Judith Norcross
274
John Babson^
253
Uilia'
257, 297
John Barnard'
367
Julia«
353
John Barnard^
368
Julia Ann
279
John Calvin
217
Julia Augusta
250
John F.
373
Julia B.
358
John Henry
331
Julia Hasty
381
John Horace
306
Justin P.
Zll
John Howard
330
John Ingersoll
332
Kate E.
384
John J.8
371
Kit Carson
319
John J.3
385
Kittie
373
John K.6
239
John K.s
386
Lara
260
John M.
280
Laura
266
John Preston
241
Laura A,'
306
John Russell
321
Laura A,^
380
John S.
243
Laura G.
306
John Saville
241
Laura Wetherbee
332
John William
356
Lavinia
300
Jonas Willis
369
Lawrence Franklin
362
Index I.
413
Lazarus
305
M. Isadore
309
Leander
319
Mabel^
331
Lena G.
385
Mabel^
372
Leo W.
377
Mabel S.
370
Leon H.
378
Malinda
257
Leonard Whalen
303
Marcus Morton
317
Leroy H.
378
Margaret®
261, 277
Lester E.
380
Margaret'
281, 346
Leverett
330
Margaret E.
376
Levi'
233
Margaret Ellen
378
Levi^
234, 239, 280
Maria®
248
Levi'
281
Maria'
326
Levi Saunders
381
Maria Pool
265
Lewis^
307
Maria Lowe
331
Lewis'
308
Marian®
330
Lewis E.
308
Marian^
358
Lewis Pool
308
Marian Garland
332
Lideay Davis
247
Mariana
275
Lillian
358
Marilla C.
364
Lillian A.®
356
Mark^
210, 238
Lillian A.^
361
Mark®
291
Lillian Augusta
385
Mark'
292
Lillian May
376
Martha*
199
Lizzie Brown
347
Martha'
217, 250
Lizzie Jane
382
Martha'
294
Lizzie M.
260
^L1rtha^
371
Lizzie W.
347
Martha A,
302
Loami Center^
371
Martha Addington
254
Lois*
193
Martha J.
321
Lois^
264, 267, 274
Martha Louise
381
Lorentus N.
278
Martha Washington
299
Lorenzo
360
Mary 3
187, 191
Lorina
273
Mary* 194, 195,
199,
200, 203
Lorinda
267
Mary^ 197, 20'3,
212,
227, 229
Lottie
386
Mary® 229, 243, 248,
254,
267, 289
Lottie Rowe
332
Mary' 277,
296,
306, 326
Louisa
238, 253
Mary A.®
349.
369. 375
Lucetta V.
343
Mary Ann®
253
Lucia
363
Mary Ann'
257.
280, 344
Lucinda Maria
347
Mary Augusta
359
Lucinda T.
377
Mary B.®
364
Lucretia^
264
Mary Baker^
218
Lucretia^
350
Mary Blanche^
348
Lucy^
224
Mary E.'
279
Lucy®
232, 243, 265
Mary Eliza®
264
Lucy Ellen
375
Mary Elizabeth®
353
Lucy Lowe
301
Mary Ellen'
293
Lucy Mitchell
342
Mary Ellen®
358
Luelen
. 361
Mary F.
343
Luie'
308
Mary Jane
307* 319
Lydia*
197
Mary Olive
259
Lydia* 204,
208, 215, 217, 228
Mary Potter
360
Lydia®
230, 271
Mary Ring
348
Lydia B.
349
Mary Taylor
354
Lydia T.
343
Matilda
241
414
Lane Genealogies.
Mattie A.
Medora
Melville
Melvina Clark
Mertie
Mildred W.
Milton Edward
Minnie D.
Minnie Isabel
Morton M.
Moses^
Moses'^
Moses Augustus
Nancy^
Nancy^
Nancy^
Nancy^
Nancy Bezoil
Nathan D.''
Nathan D.^
Nathan Winslow
Nathaniel^
Nathaniel^
Nathaniel^
Nathaniel
Nathaniel Browne
Nathaniel Phippen
Nathaniel Rogers
Nehemiah
Nellie Isabell
Nellie Jane
Nellie M.
Neva C. C.
Newton S.
Nora
Nicholas
01ive«
Olive^
Olive A.
Olive G.
Oliver^
Oliver^
Oliver Fellows
Oliver Griffin^
Oliver Griffin'
Oliver Griffin^
Orestus N.
Orland H.
Orlando B.
Orson
Orville
Osborne W.
Oscar
361
Oscar C.
377
312
Oscar Ernest
363
360
Oscar G.
291
342
Oscar S.
306
386
Otis' 257,
259, 297, 339
362
Otis^
361
372
344
Palfrey
364
385
Patience
195
380
Payson S.
346
259
Peggy
344
279
Peleg
294
259
Percy
326
Percy L.
173
224
Percy 0.
384
267, 272, 288
Percy R.
321
277, 292
Phebe^
268
347
Phebe'
258, 322
229
Peter"
198
323
Peter^
253» 273
369
Peter^
274
253
Peter'
321
198
Philena G.
291
214, 245
Pitts
210
245» 305
Polly5
222, 224
305
Polly6 241, 257,
263, 286, 336
277
Polly Greenleaf
247
363
Preston Waldo
309
333
Priscilla^
212
255
Priscilla^
230
385
383
RacheF
190
304
RacheP
204, 213, 218
335
Rachel'
298
372
Rachel A.
377
386
Rachel Wentworth
348
229
Ralph Edgar
318
Ralph Henry
381
267
Ralph Irving
318
323
Raymond H.
362
281
Rebecca*
198
361
Rebecca^
244, 256, 264
217
Rebecca'
322
255
Rebecca^
353
313
Rebecca C.
344
312
Reuben
304» 353
313
Richard'
369
364
Richard^
368
342
Rilla A vice
369
374
Rodney'
376
361
Rodney^
241
342
Rosa A.
375
325
Rosalinda
343
384
Rosamond
343
292
Roscoe'
339
Index I.
415
Roscoe^
381
Sophia Estelle
319
Rosebell
269
Stella Ina
366
Ruth*
193'
195
Stephen'
266
Ruth«
272
Stephen^
260, 332
Ruth Wetherbee
332
Stephen B.
Stephen H.
342
370
Sally'
216,
222,
224
Susan^
237, 245, 272
Sally^
234, 255,
264,
265
Susan'
345
Sally'
308
Susan Ann
296
Sally C.
321
Susan Lucretia
384
Sally D.''
322
Susan May
330
Sally D.^
366
Susan Merchant
244
Salmon P.''
273
Susan S.
331
Salva
344
Susanna^
191
Samuel^
188
Susanna*
200
SamueP
192,
199,
200
Susanna*
209, 215
Samuel"*
202,
225
Susanna**
277
Samuel'
256,
275
Susanna'
306
Samuel^ 257,
266, 267,
272,
298
Sylvanus
324
SamueF
257,
302,
332
Sylvanus Cobb
361
Samuel^
360
Syrena L.
281
Samuel Adams
298
Samuel Augustus
276
TabithaM.
354
Samuel M.
366
Tamazine
293
Samuel R.^
302
Theodore**
300
Samuel Robinson^
302
Theodore'
300
Samuel Roswell"^
347
Theodosia S.
377
Samyntha
274
Theophilus*
232
Sarah-'
186,
191
Theophilus^
233
Sarah"*
195,
199,
202
Theresa Burnham
298
Sarah'
204,
207
Thomas'*
197
Sarah**
229,
247,
261
Thomas^
247, 257, 259
Sarah'
281, 300,
326,
329
Thomas B.^
377
Sarah^
371
Thomas Bicknell^
254, 320
Sarah A.^
278,
371
Thomas Low
294
Sarah Ann'
297>
333
Thomas M.
382
Sarah Augusta'
298
Thomas Newell
383
Sarah Caroline
364
Thomas Randall
320, 364
Sarah Elizabeth
360
Thornasine
206, 209
Sarah Ellen
374
Timothy'
225
Sarah Frances
304
Timothy''
345
Sarah H.
281
Timothy'
375
Sarah Jane
253
Sarah Jennie
320
Urban D.'
380
Sarah Scott
342
Sargent
306
Vera
377
Seth
349
Vera E.
380
Seth C.
257
Vestie
386
Sewell
339
Vio D.
374
Sidney Howard
348
Virgil W.
369
Sidney Thurston
381
Virginia S.
339
Silence
192
Simeon
257
W. Darling
326
Solomon*
196,
210
Ward Hale
362
Solomon^
244
Warren C.**
273
416
Lane Genealogies.
Warren C
297
William Smith
Warren C.«
319
William VinaF
Wentworth Riggs'
209
William VinaP
Wentworth Riggs^
306
Willie
Wilbur Arthur
330
Willie A.
Willard
280
Willie B.
William^
203
Willie Cotton
William'
204,
222,
247
Willie H.
William^ 247,
277.
308,
319
Willie 0.
William' 277,
300,
326,
369
Willie W.
William A.
261
Willis H.
William F.
313
Willis P.
William G.«
264
Winfield A.
William Gordon^
360
Winfield Scott
William Harper
312
William Henry'
308,
319
Zacheus^
William Henry^
370
Zacheus^
William Marien
372
Zebulon
William Pitt
246
Zenas^
William R.
376
Zenas'
William Saville
299
Zephaniah
377
344
375
319
361
366
381
384
297
319
304
361
380
374
200
243
200, 225
323
290
214
PART IV.
Edward'
387, 388, 389, 390 I Edward^
390, 391
INDEX II.
Collateral Surnames Other Than Lane.
PART I, AND PREFIXED POSTCRIPT.
Andreas
Austen
Baker
Barber
Buford
Culverhouse
Davis
Edlin
Eves
Gould
Hobs
Howe
Hull
6
7
3» 5
7
1
xxi, xxii
7
4, 6
4
2
4
6
xxiii, xxiv, 4
Ives
Joyce
Lovett
Page
Russell
Shrimpton
Slanchfield
Swannell
Thorpe
Tracy
Wilde
Williamson
Wynchfield
4
5
xxii, xxiii, 3
XX, xxi, xxii
2
4, 6
7
6
7
7
.5
xxi, xxii, xxiii
PART II.
Abbot
Abbott
Adams
Ainey
Alexander
Allen
Amidon
Ammidon
Angier
Ardell
Ashby
Atkinson
Atwood
Austin
Avery
Bacon
Baker
81, 94
36, 46, 47, 54, 56, 57,
66, 80, 91, 96
43, 44, no, III, 116,
138, 156, 157
82
75, 83, 142, 143, 144,
121
166
163
159
98
19
123
12
129
16
21, 22, 25, 27, 28, 29
27, 33' 47. 48. 52, 53. 59»
60, 61, 62, 71, 93, 102, 104
9, 10, 62, 84, 117, 128, 159
Bagley
Bailey
Baird
Bancroft
Banks
Barbee
Barker
Barstow
Bartholemew
Bartlett
Bartol
Batcheller
Bates
Baunett
Beach
Beal
Beaman
Beecher
Beith
Belcher
Bellows
97=
84, 128
103, 132
141
117, 146
118
147
146, 147
loi, 132
25
118
94
lOI
25
138
83' 119
73
94
125
148
38
124
418
Lane Genealogies.
Belt
151
Carlton 56, 80, 118
Be mis
III' 137
Carr 1 1 7
Benjamin
119
Carter 94, 95, 125
Bennett
95' 152
Chamberlain 21
Berry
80
' "7' 151
Chandler 42, 47
Bettinson
no
Chase 133
Bevans
16
Chauncy ' 18
Bigelow
56
Chester 121
Billings
85
, 123, 156
Chickering 89
Black
150
Church 117, 143
Blackman
83
Clapp 54
Blaisdell
67
Clark 19, 89, 90, 100, 104,
Blakeslee
82,83
, 122, 154
105, 129
Blanchard
38
Clarke 116, 143
Blinn
92, 123
Clearnly . 45
Bliss
160
Coggan 19
Blood
5i'65
Coleman 169
Bolls
82
Colt 1x6
Bolton
161
Converse 23
Boggs
79
Cook 73, 75
Bond
56
Coolidge 55, 72
Bonham
151
Cooper 99
Bowes
4I' 52,
54' 57' 64
Copeland 133
Bowman
44' 54' 66
Corey 102, 155
Boyse
8,
i7» 24,
25, 27, 28
Cornwell 140
Brackett
58
Cotting 72
Bradford
24
Coulson 149
Brake nbury
10, II
Cowell 115
Bramhall
122, 153
Coytmore 16, 19, 25
Braynard
90
Cromwell 69
Brett
147
Crosby 53, 55, 67, 81, 104
Bridge
39' 72
Cummings 49, 65, 67, 71
Briggs
123
Cunningham 66, 98
Brigham
83
Currier III, 148
Brooks
40, 52
Cushing 72, no
Brown 38,
65'
66, 68,
69, 70, 72
Custella 1 1 1
95' 107,
ii5'i27
, 13I' 151
Cutter 103
Buffington
94
Cutting 72, 75
Buffum
89, 90
Bulfinch
45
Daggett 114
Bullard
29, 66, 94
Damon 75
Bunnell
82
, 122, 153
Dana 25, 54, 77
Burnet
113, 140
Danforth 45, 55, 66, ^'j
Burnham
71
, 103, 108
Daniell 89
Burr
55' 72
Davis 44, 46, 47, 48, 51, 52, 57,
Bush
82
61, 65, 76, 104, 120, 124, 149
Butler
59
Dawson 79
Butterfield
16
Day loi
Buttrick
72
Dean 129
Bynner
117
Dearing 35
Deering 42
Call
56
Dennis 77, 112
Campbell
133
Denny I 60
Capsen
25
Dewey 134
Cargill
83
Dickenson 9, 10, 18, 19, 30, 35, 43
Index I.
419
Dickinson
42
Frink
151
Dockstader
99
Yrye.
130
Dodge
79
Fulton
114
Doten
147
Dudley
12, 13, 14, 15, 32, 34,
Gage
120
37> 45> 67
Gardner
94, 105
Dumrner
40
1 Garrison
"5
Duncan
97
Gates
71
Dunn
76, 80, 117
Geach
82, 119
Dunscomb
128 Geninson
69
Dunshee
97, 128
Gennings
69
Dutton
34, 50, 91, 92
George
105
Dwight
29
Gibson
73, 106, 150
Gidney
34
Eastburn
128
Gifford
140
Easton
161
Gilbert
136, 164
Eaton
26, 109, 136
Giles
60
Edson
97
Gilson
52
Eliot
39
Goffe
25
Ellis
120
Goodman
145
Ellithorp
155
Goodnoh
"5
Emerson
171
Goodrich
106
Emory
-JZ, 106, 107
Goodwin
77, 81, 118, 123, 129,
Estes
144
132, 145, 163
Evans
89
Gould
9, 57
Everett
103, 125
Gragg
92, 123
Everhart
139
Grant
86
Graves
47
Fairbanks
109, 137
Gray
27, 46, 79
Fairfax
8
Green
10, 18, 19, 22, 67,
Fanville
106
125, 128
Farewell
82
Greenland
22, 23
Farley
I7»45
Gregory
83
Farmer
31. 33
Gridley
113
Farnum
36, 49
Griffin
52, 132
Farwell
^32,
Griffith
113
Fassett 33, 38
, 39, 40, 44, 52, 71, 80
Grimes
28, 37, 160
Favor
no
Grosschoff
128
Fay
^n
Gullett
131
Fenton
121
Fish
78, 79, 82, 83
Hadley
67, 102
Fisher
28
Hadsell
84
Fitch 20,
25, 26, 27, 28, 33, 34,
Hale -
40, 73, 106
35.
38, 47, 48, 51, 52, 62,
Hamilton
161
63, 65, 90, 146
Harding
134
Flagg
48, 62, 109, 125, 136
Harkins
84, 121
Flint
29, 52
Harrington
94, no, 125
Foster
21, 22, 25, 64, 70, 73,
Hart
75
106, 108, 144 j
Hartwell
38, 56, 58, 71. 104
Fostick
68
Harvard
18, 100
Fox
19
Harwood
9. 17. 130
Fransway
100
Hastings
93
Frazer
115
Haven
135
Frazier
117. 147
Hawks
66, 95
French
42, 51. 65
Hayes
86, 146
420
Lane Genealogies.
Hayne
III
Kilbourne
Ha5me's
86, 123
Kilts
Hay ward
79^ 8i, 137
King
127, I
Healey
29
Kinsman
Highbargain
120
Kirk
127, I
Hildreth
44? 54
Kossuth
Hill 33,
43,44, 45, 52, 55' 57?
58, 74, 93
Kyle
I
Hills
II, 17
Landell
Hinchman
30, 31
Larimore
Hinckley
28
Larne
Hodgkins
79, 104
Lauriat
Holbrook
85, 86
Lawton
T
Holden
161
Lemon
Holmes
102, 122
Lepingwell
Hood
123
Leverett
Hook
163
Lewis
22, 122, 137, I
Hooper
12, 97, 98, 129, 159
Lidstone
Hopkins
77, 114
Lincoln
94, I
Horn
120, 150
Linds
Horton
113
Lippencott
Hosmer
39, 40
Lippincott
146, I
Houghton
89, 104, 108, 123, 155
Litchfield
65,1
Howard
49, 75, 109, 137
Litter
Howe
75,85
Little
29,
Howell
8
Lombard
Howland
105, 120
Loomis
116, 145, 146, 167, I
Hunt
33, 44
Lothrop
56,1
Hunter
121
Love
35,
Huntington
28, 98, lOI
Lovett
Hutchinson
50
Lowe
Lowell
Ingalls
75
Lynde
Isaacs
124
Lyndes
Jaquith
74, 76
McCollum
Teffers
83
McCormick
Jeffs
75
MacDougall
Jenks
10 1
McDowell
Jennings
153
Mclntire
Johnson
49, 56
McKeeby
Jones
67, Ti, 100, 105, 106
Mackintire
McMullan
-
Kasson
83
Magathlin
Kean
150
Mann
84, I
Keeney
83
Manning
Keevy
135
Marble
156, I
Kellogg
131, 163
March
Kelsea
124
. Mason
Kendall
66, 68, 69, 95
Matthews
Keniston
75
Maude
Kenney
75
Meeker
Kibling
73, 106
Mellish
130, 161, I
Kiblings
74
Mercer
Kidder
41, 49
Merchant
Index I.
421
Meredith
i68
Payne
154
Merriam
27. 36, 37> 41, 49. 71.
Peitis
106
loi, 104
Penhallow
148
Metcalf
28, 35, 42, 160
Penniman
49
, 52, 68, 70, 74, 93
Middleton
119
Percy
51
Miles
125
Perry
151
Miller
149, 168
Phelps
94
Minot
35. 36, 49
Phillips
46
Mitchel
60
Phipps
22
Mitchell
53, 99, 100
Pickering
89
Mixer
56
Pickman
14
Monroe
103, 105, 145
Pierce
131, 136, 141
Moore
31, 34, 38, 47, 51, 52, 53,
Pieriot
149
54, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65,
Pinkham
124, 156
68, 76, 80, 87, 90, 93
Pipher
122
Morgan
160
Pollard 38
39,
50, 51, 58, 62, 64,
Morse
72, 79, 114, 165, 166
66, 68, 70, 97, 109
Moseley
144
Poor
130, 160
Moss
11
Potter
82,83
Mott
83
Poulter
69
Mudg
22
Prather
no
Mumings
10
Pratt
66
Munn
113
Prescott
36,87
Murray
88, 98, 119, 149
Preston
Proctor
66, 69, 70
59
Naylor
150
Provost
84
Needham
33
Prudden
67, 68
Newman
64, 88, 90
Pulsifer
97
Newton
83, 120
Putnam
57, 79, 81, 100
Nichols
89, 112
Putney
49
Nicholson
128
North
120, 151
Quartrup
119
Nott
119
Quincy
142
Noyes
89
Quinne
16
Oaks
37,58
Ramsey
"5
Ogden
107
Rattenbury
105
Olmstead
77, 114, 121
Read
89
Osborn
99
Reade
68, 69
Osborne
42
Reed
53.
55, 63, 68, 70, 76,
Osterhaut
83
103, 115, 129, 157
Osterhout
120
Reyner
Reynolds
9
, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25
97
Packard
108, 109, 136
Reynor
34
Page
33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40,
Rice
142
43, 49, 51, 52, 55, 66, 68,
Richards
158
74, 78, 109, 115, 146
Richardson
33,
41, 45, 52, 60, 65,
Paige
41, 49
123, 125,
128,
134, 157, 158, 160
Paine
123
Riggs
113
Pardee
28
Risley
83
Parker
10, 14, 39, 55, 56, 84
Robbins
107, 131
Parkhurst
77, 91, 92, 102, 109, 136
Roberts
123
Parlin
77, 113
Robinson
12, 136
Parmelee
75, 151
Rockwell
69
Patten
65
Rodgers
115, 121, 141
422
Lane Genealogies.
Rogers
Roland
Rollins
Rose
Ross
Rowe
Ruggles
Russell
Safford
Sampson
Sargent
Saunders
Sawyer
Scolley
Searles
Seaver
Shedd
Sheppard
Sherman
Shipman
Short
Silvara
Simonds
Skelton
Skidmore
Skinner
Smith
Snare
Snell
Southworth
Spaulding
Spears
Spinning
Sprague
Springer
Stearns
82, 128, 151, 158
150, 169
102
no
33
84
. 44
157
36, 41. 43
22, 52, 75, 98, 124,
Steele
Stetson
Stevens
Stickney
Stimpson
Stoddard
Stone
Stoneman
Stowell
Sullivan
Sumner
Swain
89
30, 104
88
84
66, 125, 147
72
108
98
123
88
36, 62, 65, 82
141, 165
63
153
39. 40, 53. 93. 124
104
no
40
9, 12, 47, 89, 105, 107,
119, 129, 133, 159, 163
75
loi, 132
24
109
"3
79. "6
ID, II, 19, 21, 22,
25, 26, 30, 41
119
43, 44, 48, 55, 56, 61, 62,
63, 64, 66, 72, 75, 76, 80,
81, 84, 85, 86, 91, 92, 93,
94, 100, 102, 103, 115, 122
n
162
42
44, 52
75
156
• 49. 54
120
83
157
87
76
Taylor
27, 33. 60, 89, 128
Teed
147
Terry
82
Thayer
82, 95, 162
Thomas
62, 81, 161
Thompson
19. 30
Tidd
48
Tiffany
83
Toothaker
58
Torrey
12
Townsend
107, 125
Trask
89, 123
Tuttle
129
Tyler
82, 108, 134
Tyng
31. 32, 33
Vanderbilt
140
Vanderhoof
116
Van Horn
79
Van Marter
113
Van Martyr
lOI
Van Riper
119
Varney
75
Vermilyea
80, 119
Wait
21, 66
Waite
22, 95
Walker
27. 75.
85. III. 135
Walton
92, 113, 122
Ward
76, 108, 135
Warner
114
Warren
29
Washburn
142
Washington
14, 87
Waterbury
117. 147
Watkins
96
Watson,
113
Wayte
10, II
Webber
38, 40, 52, 53, 66, 70, 71
Weeks
114
Welds
157
Welling
140
Wellington
36, 38, 43, 49, 50, 64,
71. 75.
97, 103, 140
Wells
121, 152
Wesson
27
W^est
82
Weston
66, 99
Whedon
146
Wheeler
38. 49.
80, 115, 118
Wheelwright
133
Whipple
20, 21, 2
5. 30, 34. 36,
37. 45. 82
White
28, 63, 95,
125, 137, 150
Whitford
77,85
Index I.
423
Whiting
17.
36, 41, 45, 46, 58.
Witt
100, 130
59. 72, 76, 107
Wolmsley
III
Whitman
68
Wood
95. 108
Whitmore
10, 35
. 36. 39. 40, 44. 53
Woodbridge
41, 127
Whitney
55
Woodbury
43. 105
Wier
98
Woodhouse
84
Wilder
45. 74. 110
Woodward
no, 123
Wilkins
10, 103
Worcester
83, 84, 98
Willette
no
Worden
28
Willey
97. 154
Wright 28, 47, 62,
123, 135. 155.157
Williams
122, 151, 153
Wyman
60, 81
Wilson
51. 53.
57, 79, 81, 90, 93,
100,
108, 123, 141, 148
Yerrington
132
Wingate
51. 79
Winslow
41,
125, 144, 158, 165
Zeigler
135
Winthrop
12, 13.
14, 15, 19, 56, 157
PART III.
Abee
288
Bateman
182
Adams I
88, 257,
2S8, 307, 326, 368
Beals
227
Addington
254
Beck
283, 284
Addition
213, 268
Bender
363
Albright or
Albride
299
Benner
268
Alexander
346
Bennet
231
Allen
198,
225, 284, 295, 321,
Bennett
205, 206, 346
353.
354. 371. 374. 381
Benson
272, 340, 358
Allison
281
Berry
205, 267, 343
Almy
351
Bessee
369
Amsden
191, 201
Bessey
366
Andrews
205, 243, 303, 306
Bezoil
204, 229
Annis
198
Bibber
284
Appleton
182, 183
Bickford
278
Arey
277. 344, 345
Bicknell
212, 213, 254
Arnold
180, 222
Biggs
326
Ashby
188, 198
Billings
269
Aubry
282
Birnie
288
Austin
253. 339
Blackman
179
Avery
272
Blake
Blanchard
313
212
Ba.bbitt
348
Blatchford
371
Babson i
97. 211,
213, 249, 310, 317
Blood
191
Bacon
192, 284, 343
Blynman
193
Bailey
255. 294. 386
Blynnman
184
Baldwin
341
Bolack
284
Bank
207
Bond
306
Banks
232
Boothby
342
Barbour
256, 324 '
Boswell
349. 378
Barker
382,
Bourne
239
Barrows
321 S
Bowen
372
Barter
368
Bowey
222
Bartlett
286
Bowman
282
Bartol
251 .
Boynton
305
424
Lane Genealogies.
Bradstreet
i85>
190, i93» 198,
Cluff
346
203, 205, 206
Coburn
280
Brady
230
Cochran
269
Bray
177, 178, 183
Cogswell
200, 225
Braynard
234
Cole
286, 356
Brett
267, 334, 367
Conness
299
Brettun
269
Cook
188,
232, 240, 280,
Brewer
202
295, 383
Brewster
273
Coombs
344
Bridgcome
222
Cooper
375
Broad
326
Coos
301
Brooks
247
Cotton
354
Brown ]
[81, 228,
229, 268, 272,
Cousins
181
277. 31I'
35i» 376, 382
Cox
319
Buck
280
Crockett
369
Buckman
281
Crossman
304
Buffum
234
Cunningham
283, 316
Bunker
385
Currier
323, 368
Burges
325
Curtis
254, 320, 364
Burnham 193,
194, 204
, 209, 242, 303
Cushing
335
Burns
248
Cutler
202
Burpee
357, 385
Cutter
206
Burrell
212
Butler
366, 381
Butman
248, 309
Dade
Daggett
295
305
Caffareen
205, 291
Danforth
178
Cafferene
210
Daniels
181
Calderwood
344, 375, 377
Darling
326
Call
380
Davis
185, 186,
188, 198, 199,
Cannell
237
205i 214,
218, 232, 254,
Carey
268, 334
299,
337, 343, 369
Carlin
377
Davy
287
Cartwright
289
Day
180, 195, 227
Carver
344, 377
Dearborn
290
Cassons
183, 184
DeCoster
237
Caswell
286, 350
Delano
229, 346, Till
Centre
332, 370
Dennison
197
, 240, 298, 358
Chambert
281
DeWolf
352
Chandler
199, 201
, 231, 257, 304
Dexter
349, 378
Chard
244
Dixon
330
Chase
198, 343
Dodd
199, 222
240, 297, 360
Cheeney
297
Dodge
306
Cheseborough
351
Dolham
346
Chesley
385
Donham
273, 342
Chetwood
252
Donnahue
294
Choate
228
Dopson
235
Church
179
Douglass
301
Clapp
287
Downey
356, 384
Clark 179
188, 224
, 234, 288, 345
Downing
255, 322
Clarke
337, 338
Dresser
199
Cleaveland
198, 209, 211
Driver
330
Cleaves
181, 230, 278
Dunham
254
Cleveland
181
Dwinnell
214, 256
Clough
286
Dyer
252, 352, 376
Index 1 1.
425
Eastcott
227
Goold
319
Eastman
368
Gordon
279
Edgecombe
337» 338
Gore
282
Edmunds
317
Goss
202, 224, 265, 365
Ellis
260
Gott
196,
197, 206, 210, 216,
Elms
283
238
, 299, 241, 242, 301
Elwell
242,
248, 299, 303,
Gould
272, 294
308, 354, 365
Gowin
215
Emerton
347
Gracie
282
Emery
251
Graffam
377
Emmons
190, 199
Graffan
214, 260
Endicott
193
Gray
306, 375
Erskine
284
Graydon
366
Evans
209
Green
182
Eveleth
256
Greenleaf
210, 246
Everett
311, 357, 362
Griffin
187,
188, 193, 197, 203,
Everleth
214
204,
235'
206, 208, 212, 216,
238, 239, 241, 242,
Fait
342
243, 248, 355, 359
Farley
190
Grover
207, 215, 222, 258
Farmer
373
Guptill
291
Farnham
376
Gyles
206, 234
Fassett
178, 191
Faxon
287
Hadley
301
Fellows
216,
230, 259, 278
Hale
268, 330
Fickett
338
Hall 202
!, 229
, 276, 291, 338,375
Figgies
295. 356
Halstead
331
Finson
187
Hamilton
286, 363
Forbes
212, 217,
224, 230, 305
Hammond
275
Foss
267, 268,
271, 272, 273,
Hanscom
285
278
. 33^^ 338'
343. 373' 374
Haraden
207
Foster
182, 212
Harraden
186,
188, 196, 198, 210,
Foxcroft
214
212, 216, 240, 246
Francis
343
Harriden
298
Freeman
377' 378
Hart
215
French
191
Hartley
354
Frye
234.
286, 326, 377
Harvey
295' 325' 355
Fuller
204,
237' 275, 291
Haskell
225, 226, 256, 264,
266, 333, 349
Gammage
217
Hathaw^ay
253
Gammon
206, 236, 366
Hawes
282
Gardner
285
Hayden
230, 307
Gatewood
211
Hayes -
35O' 379
Geyer
293
Hay ward
202, 274, 322, 367
Giddings
222, 263
Herreshoff
288, 350
Gilbert
202, 227
Herrick
285, 372
Glazier
283
Hibbard
343' 376
Glover
256
Hicks
232, 280
Goding
269, 349
Higgins
273
Goins
258
Hill
191, 230
Goldthwait
347
Hines
337
Gonzaloo
283
Hinman
285
Goodrich
330
Hoar
202
Goodwin
377
Hobson
357
Gookins
252
Hodgdon
361
426
Lane Genealogies.
Hodgkins
200, 209,
228, 295,
Leavitt
227
354, 355
372, 384
Lee
352
Holman
183
Lees
224
Holmes
240, 282
Lewis
212, 234, 288
Hook
374
Libby
237,
272, 376, 378
Hooke
342
Lindsay
211, 212, 271
Howard
274
324, 378
Linscott
366
Howe
202,
203, 268
Loring
281
Hewlett
355> 383
Lothrop 272, 273,
335,
336, 340, 341
Humphrey
279, 348
Loughlin
359
Hunt
187, 283
Love
216
Hutchenson
321
Lovekin or Lufkin
347
Hutchings
237
Low
294
Hutchinson
348, 349
Lowe
Lowell
188, 241, 265
320
Ingalls
191
Lurvey
242
Ingersol
222
Ingersoll
332
McDougal
342
Inman
326
McFadden
McKenzie
339
293
Jack
281
McQueston
317
Jackson
240
Mahony
357
Jacobs
309, 345
Maine
183
Jacobus
282
Manchester
307
James
300
Mariner
240
Jaques
194, 195
Mark
285
Jenkinson
283
Marshall
191
Jennings
268
Martain
181
Jerould
244
Martin
285
Jessup
282
Mathews
341
Jewell
272
Mattofew
182
Jewett
260
Maverick
234
Johnson
271, 322
Mayall
380
Jones ]
94, 227, 246,
272, 274,
Melchior
252
297, 376
Mellen
316
Merchant 187,
199,
207, 239, 243,
Kerr
382
281,
297, 354, 381
Ketchum
196
Merriam
192
Kidder
201
Merrill
281
Kilton
352
Merrow
322, 366
King
322, 2,(i^
Meserve
322
Klingle
282
Middleton
303
Knapt
282
Miller
191, 222, 321
Knight
291
Millet
186
Knowles
272
Millett
343
Knowlton 196
210, 240,296,356, 360
Miner
349, 378
Minnick
339
Lake
363
Mitchell
273, 287, 342
Lamb
275
Monk
280
Lampson
180
Montgomery
284, 375
Lamson
181
Moody
183, 199
Langsford
193, 196, 204,
243, 294
Moore
259,
286, 316, 356
Lawrence
228, 272
Morgan 187,
194,
199, 209, 243
Leadbetter
267
Morris
282, 383
Learned
216
Morrison
309
Index II.
427
Morrow
372
Pingrey
272
Morse
273
Pinkham
384
Mosier
181
Piatt
227
Moulton
267, 337
Poland
278, 332, 346, 370
Mudge
191
Pomeroy
366
Munroe
348
Pool
188,
198, 199, 200, 207,
Munsey
294
213
, 216, 225, 246, 264
Murray
2)2
Poole
224
265, 296, 332, 370
, 282, 298, 307, 359
Nelson
331
Porter
233. 350, 380
Nevens
374
Potter
351
Newhall
181, 200
Powell
284
Newman
181,
206, 234
Powers
256, 324, 370
Newton
269
Pratt
266
Nichols
180,
181,
201, 228
Prentiss
287
Noble
342
Preston
199, 221, 309
Norcross
228
Prince
200, 274
Norris
269
Proctor
234, 281
Norton
360
Pulcifer
313
Norwood
194, 196,
256, 299,
205,
323.
214, 255,
333. 345.
Pulsifer
371
346,
354,
368, 371
Quimby
298
Noyes
237,
283,
284, 312
Nye
228, 275
Rackley
Ramsdell
268, 269
335» 373
Pacor
214, 256
Ransom
237
Page
190
Reding
181, 182
Paige
191
Richards
237, 289, 307
Palmer
275,
291, 335
Richardson
364
Parker
203, 263
Ricker
292
Parkhurst
301
Riggs 185,
186,
187, 192, 194, 196,
Parris
190
206,
208, 295, 296, 299,
Parrott
347
355=
358, 361, 381, 383
Parsons 199
, 206, 210,
215,
283, 304
Riley
228
Peabody
249,
250,
3i7> 357
Ring
233
Peach
286
Ripley
236
Pearce
313
Rishworth
181
Pearson
238
Roberts
188,
195, 257, 277, 296,
Pendleton
377
344, 345, 375, 376
Pennell
252
Robinson
197,
205, 215, 230, 253,
Perkins
269
288, 348
Perley
269
Rogers
212, 214, 290, 370
Perrin
318
Rollins -
320
Perry
234. 285
Root
302
Pettengill
357
Ross
229
Pew
198
Rowe 196,
198,
207, 216, 218, 227,
Philbrook
277, 343
238,
244, 257, 265, 279,
Phillips
251,
268, 335
302,
304, 323, 331, 349
Phippen
249,
285, 312
Rowley
359
Phipps
177,
182, 215
Rule
323
Phips
180
Russell
373
Piazia
273
Pierce
375. 376
Sadler
18s
Pierson
213
Safford
237, 290
Pike
289
St. Clair
365
428
Lane Genealogies.
Saladee
363
Tilton
216
Sampson
322, 365
Toby
321
Sanford
282
Todd
207
Sargent
182,
190, 197, 200, 209,
Towle
337. 353
215.
216, 245, 258, 259,
297. 304. 305. 325
Townsend
Tozier
254
274
Saunders
216, 258, 353, 361
Trask
235.
274. 342
Saville
208, 241, 318
Troester
284
Sawtelle
256, 323
Trow
208
Sawyer
319
Trowbridge
320
Sayward
332
True
214,
336, 350
Seavey
' 301
Tuck
372
Sewall
342
Tucker
178,
185,
186, 240,
Shaw
338, 343
241,
304.
352,
355.
362, 383
Sheppard
252
Turner
228,
273.
274. 275
Sherman
372
Tyler
259.
279, 326
Sibley
189
Tyng
189
Simpson
264, 330
Small
292
Upham
201
Smith 246, 264, 277, 308, 344, 345, 375
Snow
341. 345
Van Velsor
282
Somers
190
Veazie
251
Soule
213, 250
VerriU
227,
228,
266,
273. 275
Spear
274
Vinal
375
Stanchfield
271
Staniford
197, 215
Wadley
246
Stanwood
210,
245. 303. 346, 354.
355. 382, 383. 384
Wadsworth
Wainwright
215
192
Staples
334
Wait
180
Steele
300, 317
Waite
191
Stevens 205
. 230
235, 252, 284, 371
Walker
214.
280, 284
Stockbridge
188
Wallis
178,
179.
180,
181, 182,
Story 199,
223,
258, 293, 295, 296,
324. 358
Walton
184, 265
271
Sturdivant
271
Watcrhouse
319
Sullivan
189
Waterman
337
Sutherend
293
Waters
201
Swain
300
Watkins
284
Swanson
337
Watson
242, 302
Swiford
339
Weaver
359
Sylvester
354
Webb
Webster
196,
212, 213
204, 300
Taft
353
Wellington
234
Talbert
291
Wesler
326
Tarbox
222
W^est
321
Tarr
198.
199, 216, 223, 224,
240, 265, 300, 332
Wetherbee
Whalen
332
197. 215
Teague
321
W^harf
183, 195
Thayer
237
Wheeler
186,
192,
292,
305. 347
Thomas
180, 286
Whitaker
283, 348
Thompson
229, 269
White 177,
179.
180,
181,
182, 185,
Thorn
259
187, 188,
190.
193.
197.
240, 293
Throp
299
Whitehouse
237. 290
Thurston
185,
1S7, 238, 292, 302,
305. 331, 347
Whiting
Wiggins
191
253.316
Wilkes
Willey
Willis
Wilson
Wincut
Winn
Winslow
Winsor
Winter
Winthrop
Witham
Wonson
Woodbridge
Dudley
Keayne
Index II.
429
241
Woodbury
182,
185, 187, 192, 209,
365
210,
211,
213, 215, 224, 240,
298,
324, 369
243
, 245
296, 297, 358, 361
180, 274,
304, Z7^
Woodman
222, 367
204
Wright
275, 281
347
Wyeth
209, 215
213, 252
Wyman
191
, 192, 206, 236, 269
309
333
Veaton
228
190
York
185, 197, 204, 247
265, 302
Young
238,
240, 241, 291, 296,
302
350. 375' 380, 386
228 1
PART IV.
387
Paige
390. 391
3^1, 388,
389. 390
INDEX III.
States and Towns.
PART I.
England :
Micklefield Hall 6
Buckinghamshire :
Mill End i, 3, 4, 5, 6
Penn
5
New House 6
Herefordshire
2
Shepherds i, 6
Hertfordshire :
West End 5, 6
Rickmansworth
XX, xxi, xxii.
Middlesex, &c. :
xxiii, XXV,
xxvi, I, 2, 3, 5
London 2
Bullein's Court
6
Oxfordshire :
Croxley Green
xxii, xxvi
Oxford 7
PAR
T II.
Arkansas :
District of Columbia:
Eureka Springs
no
Washington 134
California :
England 14, 23, 24, 128
Panama
117
Bartham 28
San Jose
75
Braintree, Essex Co. 145
Bristol 18
Canada :
Chesham, Bucks Co. 10
New Brunswick
148
Edgeton, Yorkshire 17
Gildersome, Yorkshire 9, 24, 30, 43
Colorado :
London 42, 68, 89
Colorado Springs
118
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 69
Greeley
76
Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire 8
Welbourne, Yorkshire 17
Connecticut:
Dayville
162
Yorkshire 20, 24, 30, 47
Hartford
118
Killingly
Lebanon
162
28
France 14, 128
Nantes 94
Litchheld
134
New Haven
36
Georgia :
New London
14
Athens 163
Norwich
127, 146
Macon 144
Ridgefield
114
Saybrook
14
Germany 128
Waterbury
98
Hamburg 130
Windsor
145
Heidelberg 144
Index III. 431
Hungary
70
Ashby 75, 76
Ashley 103
Illinois:
Ashmont, Dorchester in
Chesterfield
145
Auburn 161, 162
Chicago 75,
132, 134,
140,
i59>
Ayer 75
164,
165,
168
Baldwinville 142
Galena
132
Barnstable 56, 117
Homer
114:
140
Bedford 9, 12, 14, 27, 28, 33, 35,
Hyde Park
165
36,37,38,39,41,42,43,44,45,
Kenwood
141,
165
46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,
Lockport
115, 140,
141,
164
56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,65,
Mattoon
no
1 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 73, 76, 78,
River Forest
165
80, 81, 84, 86, 88, 90, 91, 93, 94,
96, 98, 100, 102, 103, 104, 105,
Iowa :
109, 115, 116, 117, 118, 122, 123,
Creston
119
124, 130, 132, 133, 141, 143, 144,
Davenport
no
145, 146, 155, 156, 157, 163, 169
Fort Madison
56
Billerica 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20,
22,23, 29. 30, 31, 33, 34, 37,39,
Ireland
14
40, 41, 43, 44, 45, 46, 49, 52, 54,
Cork
16
56, 58, 59, 60, 61, 65, 67, 69, 74,
76, -]-], 84, 85, 91, 94, 112, 113
Kansas :
Boston 13, 14, 16, 19, 29, 35, 40,
Nettleton
165
42, 47, 62, 66, 68, 74, 85, 89, 98,
Thomas Co.
120
99, loi, 115, 116, 118, 121, 123,
Topeka
150
126, 127, 129, 141, 145, 157, 158,
159, 161, 165, 166, 167, 168
Kentucky :
Braintree 162
Newport
168
Brighton no
Brookline 144
Maine:
Burlington 69
Bangor
89
Cambridge 12, 18, 39, 49, 54, 63,
Balltown
98
81, 89, 97, no, 125
Belfast
117.
129
Carlisle 65, 67, 76
Casco Bay
18
Charlestown 12, 14, 26, 58, 59,
East Wilton
166
60, 69, 95, 117, 148, 159
Livermore Falls
136
Chelmsford 30, 32, 34, 57
New Gloucester
106,
133
Chesterfield 145
Portland
89
Concord 13, 16, 17, 30, 32, 36,
South Berwick
145
49, 51, 52, 58, 60
Warren
166
Dedham 28, 29, 59
Dorchester 8, 25, 27, 69, 118,
Maryland :
124, 161, 162
Baltimore
86
Dracut ' 96
Dunstable 27, 31, 32, 33, 135
Massachusei'is :
Fall River 169
Acton
79
Fitchburg 28, 104, 106, 133, 134,
Amherst
lOI
136, 137
Andover
27, 3I' 4/
S 54,
84,
Gardner in
146,
168
Greenfield 145
Arlington
98, 99,
129,
130
Greenwich 121
Ashburnham 54,
71, 72, 11
, 74,
75,
Groton 32, 33, 34, 92, 102, 126,
76, 77, 80,
105, 106,
[07,
108,
145
109, no, III,
133, 134,
135,
136,
Groveland 136
137,
138,
164,
Hancock 60
432
Lane Genealogies.
Hardwick
Hubbardston
Hyde Park
Ipswich
Jamaica Plain
Kingston
Lancaster 32,
41
136
66
25' 45
143
135
33, 41, 45, 66, 94,
95, 124, 127
Lane Village, Ashburnham 108, 134
Leicester 126
Leominster 44, 59, 72, 95
Lexington 28, 39, 42, 48, 51, 54,
67, 69, 70, 81, 102, 103, 129
Lincoln
Littleton
Lowell
Lunenburg
Lynn
Lynnfield
Maiden
21
52
55, 144, 145, 146, 166
79, 86, 98, 129, 156
28
26, 130
59
8, 9, 10, 12, 16, 18, 19,
56,
22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29,
95.
Marlboro
Marshfield
Medford
Methuen
Mistick Side
Newton
Newtowne
North Brookfield
North Lancaster
Norwood
Oakdale
Old Hadley
Oxford
Pembroke
Pepperell
Petersham
Plymouth
Quincy
Randolph
Raynham
Reading
Rehoboth
Roxbury
Rutland
Salem
Saugus
Scituate
Seekonk
Sharon
Shawshine
Somerset
Somerville
39
36, III
III
32
8
, 40
59
9
166
, 18
13I'
146,
118,
13
100, loi, 130,
132, 162, 163
127
165, 166, 167
159
94
161
135
155
94
24, 57> 132. 135
157
89, 162
75. 129
26
8, 131
17, 37. 41. 43.
118
44
12, 36, 27, 34, 42, 89, 94
89
12, 69
8
143
143
170
129
12, 13, 37,
Southbridge
South Hadley
Springfield
Sudbury
Sutton
Templeton
Tisbury
Townsend
Truro
Wakefield
Walpole
Waltham
Watertown
West Boylston
West Brookfield
West Cambridge
West Hawley
West Roxbury
W'estminster
Weston
Wilbraham
Winchendon
Woburn 19,
Worcester
Michigan:
Adrian
Albion
Ann Arbor
Boyne Falls
Detroit
Houghton
Kalamazoo
Lansing
Oakwood
Minnesota:
Anoka
Minneapolis
Mississippi:
Hernando
Missouri :
Bonne Terre
Memphis
St. Louis
Nebraska:
Lincoln
New Hampshire;
, Acworth
161
162
107
54
loi
137
162
107, 138
29
26
161
47. 75. 93
49. 56. 62
159
163
98, 99, 129, 160
143
145
108, 125, 134, 136
75
no
72
49, 56, 58, 60, 62,
69. 125
62, 94, 104, 132,
137. 161
130
114
82
165
84
144
84
144
145
no
129
144
145
145
141
168
104
Index
: III.
Amherst 55, -]-], 79, 112
-114, 138
Saratoga
Concord
86
Tappan
Dover
24
Utica
Dublin
73' 106
Wayne Co.
Epping
91
Yonkers
Exeter
31. 91
Fitzwilliam
157
Ohio:
Franklin
107
Franklin
Granville
lOI
Harrison
Hinsdale
109
McConnellsville
Hollis
lOI
Richwood
Jaffrey
55
Stockport
Keene
75
, 98, 164
Wesley
Windsor
Kingston
162
Manchester
166
Youngstown
Mason
loi, 108
0
Milton
44
y— \
Nashua
New Ipswich
Portsmouth
Rindge
Temple
T r
Oregon
73. "i>
28, 55,
124
146, 164
148
107, 136
162
Albany
Jacksonville
Lebanon
Susanville
Walpole
96, 98,
128, 159
Wilton
124
Pennsylvania
Bridgewater
New Jersey:
Brooklyn
Elizabeth
76, 86
Coatesville
Hackensack
160, 161
Dimmock
Newark
168
Harford
Newton
loi, 132
Huntington
Orange
159
Montrose
South Orange
160
Philadelphia
New York:
Russell Hill
Albany
145
Silvara
Binghamton
120
Silver Lake
Brooklyn
119, 146,
148, 168
Springfield
Canisteo
164
Springville
Claverack
121
Susquehanna Co.
Fly Creek
160
Troy
Garden City
161
Union City
Geneva
112
Westmoreland Co.
Glen Falls
107
Howell
100
Rhode Island
Jamestown
164
Coventry
Liberty
154
East Greenwich
Lockport
"3
Foster
Lyons
n
North Scituate
Mount Vernon
147
Pawtucket
New York City
28, 73
., 84, 99,
100, 126,
128, 132,
[44, 146,
Scotland
147
158, 159,
160, 161
Edinburgh
Pittsford
114
Potsdam
84
Poughkeepsie
86
Switzerland
149'
82, 83,
433
158
99
112
112
134
149
168
150, 169
120
169
. 168, 169
149, 169
141
75
131
130
130, 131
132
71
82
82
83
82
82
84
120, 121,
151-154
99'
82,
118
153
153
121
84
122
120
84
164
119
82
131
83
130
162
76
14
155
128
434
Lane Genealogies.
Virginia :
Northfield
155
Huttonville
145
Plymouth
66
Suffolk
79
Pownell
145
Putney
97
Vermont :
Rockingham
97
Bellows Falls
75
Rutland
48
Bennington
145
Saxton's River
97
Brattleboro
106, 120
Weathersfield
82, 119, 120, 121
Cavendish
82
Woodstock
131
Chelsea
106
Ludlow
66
Wisconsin :
Manchester
84
Beloit
132
Middlebury
84
Jefferson
132
PAR'
r III.
Arkansas
282
Mystic
319
Little Rock
268
New Haven
203, 261
Yalesville
293
Australia :
New South Wales:
East Indies:
Sidney
312, 318
Mauritius
287
Port Louis
287
Brazil:
Rio Janeiro
313
England :
Hingham
237
California 273, 313,
323. 339. 343'
London
171
365^ 367^ 379
Plymouth
227, 242
Berkeley
365
Rickmansworth
171
Coronado
351
St. Albans
222
Oakland
368
Sacramento
365
Florida:
San Francisco
363
Tallahassee
273
Stockton
373
France
204
Canada :
Havre
312
Cape Breton
293
%j
Sidney
New Brunswick
310, 312
382
Georgia :
Andersonville
322
Campello
319
Nova Scotia
300
Burlington
325
Idaho:
Halifax
239
Boise City
379
Liverpool
305. 356
Weymouth
299. 304
Illinois
267, 269
Buckley
322
Colorado
363
Chicago
322, 342
Denver
284, 340
Cordova
268
Georgetown
284
Evanston
326, 341
Highland Park
253
Connecticut
268
Millburn
288
Hartford
'274
Mt. Sterling
290
Index IIL
435
Indiana
339
Cumberland
281
Terre Haute
252
Cumberland Mills 307
Damaris Cove
172
Iowa
326, 339
Danville 199,
222, 227, 256, 263,
Bell Plain
334
264, 365
Denmark
334
Deer Island
292
Davenport
334
Deering
290, 291
Eddyville
334
Durham
222, 262
Grinnell
334
East Freeport
254' 321
Keosauqua
334
East Gray
280, 349, 379, 380
Lyons
252
East Livermore
269' 335' 343
Mason City
268
East Raymond
-^ ^^ %^ fcx ' ^^ ■ ^^
306
Oskaloosa
334
Eastport
Falmouth 172,
319
173' 175. 177-182,
Japan :
184, 185,
189, 207, 208, 221,
Yokohama
362
Farmington
231, 256, 281, 313
268, 367
Kansas :
Fayette
335
Atchison
343
Fayette Falls
268
Topeka
291
Fox Harbor
Fox Island
194
278
Louisiana :
Freeport 197,
208, 212, 213, 248,
Clinton
262
250, 252,
253' 254' 3^9' 320,
Feliciana Parish
262
321, 334, 364
New Orleans
261,
273,
312, 327,
Gorhani
213, 262, 321, 337
328, 329
Gray 208,
213, 220, 231, 281,
Maine
174.
177' 179
307' 349' 350, 379
Arey's Harbor
344
Greene
268, 269
Auburn 199,
256,
257,
272, 273,
Hallowell
228, 252, 274, 275,
322,
3651
366,
369' 370
276, 338
Augusta 234
, 268
, 324>
337' 348
Hanover
369
Bakerstown
214,
220,
226, 256
Harpswell
252
Bangor 222
273
275,
337' 370
Harraseeket
172
Bath
228
Hartford
237' 339
Belfast
246, 251
Houlton
257
Berwick
281
Jefferson
272
Bethel
256,
324' 369
Lee
34I' 374
Biddeford
237'
323' 348
Leeds 227,
266-273, 274, 275,
Black Point
179
334-343' 372-374
Bridgton
290
Lewiston
261, 271, 272, 273,
Brighton
275
321, 328,
337' 338, 342, 366,
Bristol
293
369' 370, 373
Brunswick
252,
255,
262, 264,
Limerick
237
275' 373
Lincoln
27I' 337
Bucksport
310,
317' 371
Lisbon
222, 273, 279
Camden
267,
338' 375
Litchfield
336, 337
Canton
339
Littleborough
269, 274
Cape Elizabeth
179.
185, 240
Livermore
221, 237, 268, 269,
Carroll
34I' 374
336, 337' 338
Casco
173'
179' 307 1
Lubec
338' 339
Casco Bay
171,
181,
182, 183,
Machegonne Neck 172
212, 243
Maquoit
172
Centreville
271
Matinicus
276
Corinna
272
Mechanic Falls
256, 257, 323,
Cornville
275
368, 369
436
Lane Genealogies.
Meddybemps 241
Milo 271, 336, 338, 339
Minot 208, 226, 256, 261, 262,
279» 290, 322, 338, 343, 365-368
Minot Corner 236, 367
Mt. Desert 205, 266
Nequasset 180, 182
New Castle 372
New Gloucester 207, 213, 214,
219, 220, 222, 223, 226, 231,
246, 255, 256, 257, 260-263,
269, 272, 273, 278-281, 306,
307, 321, 324, 326, 327, 348,
349, 364, 379, 380
Newry 240, 370
North Casco 221
North Leeds 337, 338
North Monmouth 373
North Turner 237, 238
North Turner Bridge 237, 290
North Yarmouth 172, 174, 175,
179, 180, 181, 183, 184, 188,
189, 206, 207, 208, 212, 213,
222, 231, 232, 235, 236, 237,
250, 280, 281, 289, 290, 336,
348, 350, 379
Norway 238
Otisfield 281
Owl's Head 196
Oxford 237, 289, 290
Paris 237, 279, 289
Paris Hill 338
Parsonfield 319
Pascataqua 179
Peek's Island 300
Pejepscot 219, 262, 263, 327
Pemaquid 179
Penobscot 194
Poland 218, 220, 245, 255-257,
260-262, 279, 322, 323
Portland 178, 235, 251, 252, 257,
261, 275, 281, 291, 319-321,
337, 365-367, 369, 3S0
Pownal 237, 253
Prentiss 341
Purpooduck 172, 179
Raymond 306
Raymondtown 220
Richmond 228, 254, 337
Rockland 276
Saco 267, 336, 338
Sanford 292
Sangerville 257
Searsport 228
Sedgwick 217, 371
Shepardsfield 256
Skowhegan
275,
348
South Brooks
253
South Paris 208,
236,
289,
290,
334,
366,
370,
380
South Portland
240
South Yarmouth
350
Spurwink
172
Sumner
280
Thomaston
215
Topsfield
341,
343,
374
Topsham
281
Turner
268,
334
Upper Gloucester
257,
349
Upper New Gloucester 257, 278, 279
Vassalborough 273
Yinalhaven 276, 277, 344, 345
\Yaldoboro' 323
Waterville 274, 348, 376
Wayne 338
Wells 256, 309, 324
Westcustigo 172, 173, 174, 177
^180, 181
Whitefield * 369
Windham 253, 260
Winthrop 272, 367
Wiscasset 384
Woodstock 369
Yarmouth 348, 350, 378, 379
York 330
Maryland :
Baltimore
263
Massachuseits :
Andover 227, 286
Annisquam 184, 186, 190, 193,
196, 197, 198, 199, 205, 206,
208, 2ti, 213, 215, 216, 225,
227, 230, 231, 232, 233, 235,
238, 241, 242, 243, 249, 254,
258, 259, 292, 293, 295, 296,
299-303, 305, 310-313, 315-
318, 324, 325, 355, 362, 363,
3^3, 384
Attleborough 290
Bedford 190, 191, 201, 202, 203
Beverly 198,306, 312, 355
Billerica 171, 177, 190, 191, 192,
201, 202
Boston 171, 174, 178, 179, 180,
182, 189, 230, 231, 233, 234,
235, 248, 251, 258, 262, 276,
2S1, 282, 2S3, 285, 286, 288,
289, 299, 310, 316, 318, 319,
I 321, 327, 331, 333, 337, 351,
354, 357, 362, 363
Index III.
437
Bridgewater 240, 274, 340, 358, 382
Brockton 342
Brookfield 201, 202
Brookline 283, 284, 384
Byfield 354
Cambridge 233, 237, 290
Campello 238
Charlestown 172, 181, 191, 285,
329. 359. 360
Chelmsford 301
Chelsea 298, 310, 311, 316, 321,
348, 349, 357, 358, 359
Danvers 284, 293, 357
Dedham 299
Dorchester 282, 284, 286, 287,
288, 291
Dunstable 297
East Boston 283, 348
East Cambridge 347
East Woburn 283
Essex 242, 258, 346, 358, 360
Everett 237, 259
Georgetown 357
Gloucester 179-188, 190, 192,
193. 197. 198, 199. 205-210,
212, 213, 215, 216, 217, 218,
219, 222-229, 233, 235, 236,
239, 241, 242, 243, 245, 246,
248, 249, 252, 253, 254, 256,
258, 259, 260, 263, 266, 267,
276, 279, 291, 292, 293, 296-
306, 308, 310-313, 316, 317,
321, 323, 324, 325, 326, 332,
333' 346, 347. 353-362, 370,
371, 372, 384, 385
Hamilton 370
Hanover 285
Harwich 260
Hinsdale 302
Hyde Park 383, 318
Ipswich 180, 192, 193, 204, 222,
223, 225, 242, 259, 260, 278,
346, 355, 382
Lanesville 179, 190, 192, 203,
207, 239, 240, 242, 243, 244,
278, 292, 293, 294, 296, 297,
325. 331. 353' 354' 356-361,
380, 381, 382, 384, 385
Lawrence 307
Lenox 283
Lexington 284, 285, 318
Lowell 269, 313
Lunenburg 313, 316
Lynn 212, 286, 381
Maiden 171, 172, 174, 180, 181,
183, 191, 230
Manchester
^larblehead
Medford
Melrose
Middlefield
Natick
Neponset
New Bedford
325
191, 240, 286
271
279
302
285
284
267
Newbury 200, 226, 235, 246, 247,
255, 286, 289, 322, 337
Newburyport 227, 247, 263, 370
Newton 282, 283, 298
North Brookfield 202
North Uxbridge 378, 379
Oxford 221
Pemlrroke 229, 230
Pigeon Cove . 188, 305, 317
324' 3=i8
Plymouth 382
Quincy 291
Riverdale 362, 381, 382
Rockland 347, 359, 381
Rockport 184, 188, 199, 207, 216,
217, 223, 240, 245, 247, 248,
258, 260, 264, 265, 292, 293,
297' 30O' 304. 306-309, 317,
330, 33I' 332, 347. 357' 358,
359' 361. 370
Roslindale 284
Rowley 207, 227
Roxbury 284, 288
Salem 179, 189, 190, 229, 230, 277,
285-288, 309, 312, 313
Salisbury 250, 336
Sandwich 270
Sandy Bay 188, 204, 222, 223,
262, 264
Scituate 266, 331
Sharon 287
Shrewsbury 361
Somerville 284, 330
South Acton 284
South Boston 283, 284, 287,
33 1' 380
Sutton 201
Swampscott 212
Taunton 290
Wakefield 298
Walpole 332
Waltham 292
Wareham 322, 335
Wayne 270
Wellesley Hills 284
Westford 191
Weymouth 275
Whitman 239
438
Lane Genealogies.
Woburn
191,
290, 366
Columbus
363
Worcester
378, 379
Oberlin
Oxford
327
327, 330
Minnesota:
Minneapolis
341
Oregon :
Pendleton
273, 335
Missouri:
Jefferson Barracks
368
Pennsylvania
259
Lexington
323
Hawkin's Creek
326
St. Louis
237,
288, 323
Meadville
Philadelphia
319
282, 288, 330,
New Hampshire
339
337' 352
Antrim
378
Reidsburg
348
Berlin
369
Strattonville
348
Bow
378
Towanda
282
Carroll
367
Colebrook •
283
Prussia:
Concord
354>
368, 385
Dessau
350
Conway
280
Exeter
194, 274
Rhode Island:
Guilford
294, 303
Bristol
288, 350, 351, 352
Gorham
369
Lonsdale
378
Jaffrey
203
Providence 233,
309, 350. 352, 353
Manchester
273
Tiverton
351
New London
348,
357, 362,
378, 385
Valley Falls
378
Pelham
209
South America
313, 348, 349
Penacook
385
Pittsfield
368, 369
South Carolina:
Portsmouth 215
281,
304, 330
Aiken
359
Tilton
368
Union
291
Tennessee
366
Whitef^eld
322,
367, 368
Memphis
330
New Jersey:
Texas
363. 369
Caldwell
282
Marlin
363
East Orange
282
Jersey City
282
Utah:
Long Branch
282
Manti
369
Newark
282, 283
Salt Lake City
341
Summit
282
Virginia
239» 339
New York 235, 313
. 319
327, 351
Petersburg
385
Brooklyn
259, 352
Dunkirk
Long Eddy
319
326
Vermont
Bradford
287
348
New York 251,
282,
283, 304,
318, 329
Middlebury
283
Ogdensburg
324
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281
Waverly
259
West Indies
J
Yonkers
196
Port au Prince
318
Ohio
262, 277
Wisconsin :
Cincinnati 237,
251,
261, 327,
328, 357
Brookfield
367
Index III.
439
PART IV.
England :
Rickmansworth
Holland :
Leyden
387
391
Massachusetts :
Boston
Maiden
New Hampshire;
Amherst
387, 388
387
389
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